Yamaha has taken the stage with six unique models at this year’s Japan Mobility Show (JMS 2025). These include the Motoroid: A Lambda, Tricera, Proto, H2 Buddy Porter concepts which utilises hybrid, electric and hydrogen alternatives. The first prototype of the Motoroid: A Lambda was showcased in 2017, which could stand and interact autonomously. It […] The post Yamaha Unveils Six Futuristic Models At Japan Mobility Show 2025 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

The Malaysian government is weighing the possibility of banning the popular online gaming platform Roblox following growing concerns over its potential influence on children. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said discussions are still ongoing and that any decision will take into account Australia’s upcoming regulations on Roblox, which are expected […] The post Govt Considering Possible Ban On Roblox Over Child Safety Concerns appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

GWM Malaysia previously announced that it is taking bookings for the 2025 refresh of the Ora Good Cat. The company even teased the estimated retail prices for two variants. But more recently, local automotive outlets have reported that both will be launching on 6 November. From the reports, the base model Ora Good Cat will […] The post GWM Malaysia May Launch Ora Good Cat 2025 Refresh On 6 November appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

With the launch of the OPPO Find X9 series behind us, the rumour mill has started to churn out details on the brand’s next premium device. This time, we’re looking at some specifications of the Find N6, courtesy of a Weibo post by serial leakster Digital Chat Station. According to the leakster, the new foldable […] The post OPPO Find N6 Key Specs Leaked; May Feature 6,000mAh Battery appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Introduction deep AI integration, a fresh visual overhaul and improved ecosystem links, this update has landed just as users expect their devices to do more than just run apps. It’s trending because it signals a shift from hardware specs to software intelligence. OnePlus phone owners worldwide will feel the change, and even non-owners should take note—this shows where mobile OS development is headed. Background & Context OxygenOS 15, and now the spotlight is on its next phase. Rumours and leaks for OxygenOS 16 teased major UI changes and cohesive AI tools, which ignited conversations across tech forums and social media. The momentum grew as Android 16 became the base platform, giving OnePlus the chance to bring noticeable differentiation via software. Key Facts / What Happened AI-powered w…  ( 8 min )

📊 A containerized statistics toolkit that runs Rust + Python microservices behind a Node backend and React frontend. 🧠 Built with TypeScript, Axum, FastAPI, and Docker Compose. 💾 Repo: https://github.com/swallace100/stats-utility-app Data analysis usually involves juggling multiple tools, such as Pandas for stats, R for tests, and Matplotlib for plots. I wanted something simpler, so I made a single, containerized app where I could upload a CSV with numeric data and get common summary stats with plots. The Stats Utility App is a lightweight, polyglot toolkit that runs four services: React (frontend) Node.js (backend) Rust (stats engine) Python (plot server) The app runs completely in Docker and the backend orchestrates all cross-service communication. In this post, I’ll show how it…  ( 8 min )

New AI Tool Lets You Seamlessly Fill Gaps Between Video Clips Ever wished you could magically smooth out the jump between two video shots? Scientists have created a breakthrough called MultiCOIN that does exactly that—turning choppy transitions into fluid motion with just a few clicks. This discovery opens the door to more dynamic, personalized visual stories, letting imagination flow as smoothly as the videos themselves. Imagine the possibilities when every moment can be perfectly stitched together—your next masterpiece is just a few taps away. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: MultiCOIN: Multi-Modal COntrollable Video INbetweening 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 16 min )

Getting a "free painting quote" is easy. Understanding what it really means is the hard part. The cheapest quote is seldom the best value, and it's often the one with the most hidden costs. As a painting contractor, I'm providing this advice (based on the user's memory of what a quote should be): always demand a highly itemized quote. Here’s how to analyze it like a pro. The "Lump Sum" Quote If your quote is just one number (e.g., "Paint exterior of house: $10,000"), throw it in the bin. This is a sign of an amateur. It gives them total control to cut corners on materials or labor to protect their profit. What a Professional Quote MUST Include: A Clear Breakdown by Area: The quote should include separate line items for each part of the job (e.g., "Exterior Walls," "Fascia & Soffits," "Windows & Doors," "Roof"). A Detailed "Scope of Work" for Preparation: This is where the corners are cut. Your quote must state, in writing, what preparation is included. Look for key phrases like: ◦ "High-pressure wash all surfaces" Specific Materials: The quote should specify the brand and product (e.g., "Resene Lumbersider") and the number of coats (e.g., "Two topcoats"). If not, the contractor can use a cheap, watered-down trade paint. Clear Exclusions: A good quote is also clear about what is not included (e.g., "Does not include painting of interior garage" or "Significant timber replacement to be quoted separately"). A detailed, itemized quote is your single greatest tool. It's not just a price; it's a contract that outlines the exact standard of work you are paying for. When you're ready for a transparent, free painting quote in Rotorua that is fully itemized, you know who to call.  ( 7 min )

There’s something strange about rhythm, Today, I stopped trying to fix everything at once. Sometimes, structure doesn’t come from work, it comes from resting long enough for patterns to reveal themselves.  ( 6 min )

While ChatGPT is now the household name for Large Language Models (LLMs), the technology wasn't born in a vacuum with its late-2022 debut. Depending on how you define an LLM, we already had models like GPT-1, GPT-2, GPT-3, and PaLM. If we don't strictly limit ourselves to Decoder-Only architectures, the family tree grows even larger, including foundational models like BERT, XLNet, and T5. A Quick Note: Technically speaking, ChatGPT isn't the model itself. It's the service developed by OpenAI that leverages their LLM family. The initial viral 2022 release used GPT-3.5, while today's ChatGPT often uses GPT-5 and other diverse LLMs. So, why did ChatGPT become the global phenomenon that it is? There are many contributing factors, but one of the most crucial is the introduction of Reinforcement…  ( 18 min )

WTF is this: Unraveling the Mystery of Inverse Reinforcement Learning Ah, the joys of trying to decipher the latest tech buzzwords. Today, we're tackling a doozy: Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL). Don't worry, it's not as complicated as it sounds – but it's definitely as cool as it sounds. So, buckle up and let's dive into the world of IRL! What is Inverse Reinforcement Learning? Imagine you're trying to teach a robot to make the perfect cup of coffee. You could program it with a set of rules, like "heat the water to 200 degrees" and "add exactly 2.5 teaspoons of coffee." But, let's be real, that's not how humans learn. We learn by observing, imitating, and getting feedback from others. That's basically what Inverse Reinforcement Learning is – a way for machines to learn from humans by…  ( 10 min )

Built Datapizza-AI in PHP on 2011 Raspberry Pi (256MB RAM) — Zero GPU I ported Datapizza-AI from Python to PHP to explore edge AI on ultra-constrained hardware. This runs on a 2011 Raspberry Pi Model B with only 256MB of RAM. Ultra-constrained hardware (256MB RAM, 700MHz CPU) Zero heavy dependencies — just curl + OpenAI API No local ML models, no GPU Fully functional AI agents using ReAct pattern with: Tool-calling and reasoning Multi-model support (OpenAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Anthropic, Kimi) Vector search with JSON-based storage Full streaming support Proves that intelligent API architecture beats raw compute. You don't need expensive hardware when you design systems API-first. 📦 GitHub: https://github.com/paolomulas/datapizza-ai-php 📝 Full Technical Breakdown: https://medium.com/@paolomulas_29555/the-smallest-ai-lab-in-the-world-built-with-php-and-a-raspberry-pi-6decc45639e6 ReAct agents with tool-calling Vector search with JSON persistence Streaming responses Modern PHP 7.x+ code Framework-agnostic ~150 lines to get started Curious if anyone else is doing edge AI experiments on legacy hardware! Happy to discuss implementation details.  ( 6 min )

(Heads-up! This post was crafted with the help of an AI to break down the official documentation into a more digestible format. 🤖) If you're working with Uniface, you know that managing your development environment and repository is key. One powerful tool in your arsenal is the $ude("import") function. But what does it do, and how can you use it effectively? Let's break it down in simple terms! Think of $ude("import") as a special tool for developers. Its main job is to import development objects (like components, entities, and other definitions) from an XML file directly into your Uniface Repository. ⚠️ Crucial Point: This function is for importing development artifacts, not regular application data (like customer lists or product info). For application data, you should use functions lik…  ( 8 min )

Hey fellow developers! 👋 If you've ever worked with a large-scale Uniface application, you know that managing all the different parts for deployment can be a challenge. Making sure you've packed every component, entity, and menu can feel like a treasure hunt. Today, we're looking at a powerful built-in function that makes this process a breeze: $ude("getReferenceList"). Quick note: This post was put together with the help of an AI assistant to break down the official documentation into a more digestible format. In simple terms, $ude("getReferenceList") is a function in Uniface that automatically discovers all the dependencies for a given application object. Think of it as a smart scanner. You point it at a component, and it creates a complete list of every other resource that component ne…  ( 7 min )

Disclaimer: This post was drafted with the assistance of an AI to help structure and simplify the official documentation for a broader audience. If you're working with Uniface, you know it's a powerful low-code platform for building enterprise applications. But how do you manage your development objects—like components, entities, and libraries—in an automated way? This is where the $ude("export") function comes in, and it's a game-changer for backups, version control, and CI/CD pipelines. 🔧 Let's dive into how you can use this function to export your development objects from the Uniface Repository into clean XML files. In simple terms, $ude("export") is a built-in Uniface ProcScript function that lets you programmatically export the definitions of your development objects. Instead of manu…  ( 8 min )

(A quick note: This blog post was drafted with the help of an AI assistant based on the official Uniface 10.4 documentation to ensure clarity and provide helpful examples.) Ever found yourself writing Uniface ProcScript and wondering, "Does this compiled component even exist before I try to call it?" 🤔 We've all been there. Trying to access a resource that isn't there can lead to annoying runtime errors. Luckily, Uniface provides a handy tool to prevent this: the $ude("exist") function. This guide will simply break down what it is, how to use it, and why it's a great tool for your developer toolbox. 🛠️ In short, $ude("exist") is a built-in function that checks if a specific Uniface resource is available. Think of it as a little detective 🕵️‍♀️ that you can send out to see if a file or o…  ( 7 min )

AI browsers promise smarter surfing, but at what cost to privacy, control, and trust? AI browsers like OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity Comment can read, decide, and act for you. They’re the future of browsing, but also a new frontier of risk. Here’s what makes them powerful, and why we should stay cautious. They don’t just show web pages anymore, they understand, summarize, and even act. They can book meetings, write emails, or pull data across platforms, all on your behalf. Sounds like the future, right? But here’s the catch, the same intelligence that makes them revolutionary could also make them dangerous. Traditional browsers displayed information. AI browsers interpret your intent and take autonomous actions. That subtle shift changes everything. Now, attackers don’t need to hack you, t…  ( 7 min )

📝 Note: This blog post was created with the assistance of AI technology. If you work with Uniface 10.4, you might encounter situations where your application needs to communicate with components that don't use Unicode. This is where $sys_charset comes in handy! 💡 Think of $sys_charset as a translator setting. It tells Uniface which character set to use when talking to components like C libraries or older systems that aren't Unicode-based. This ensures your text displays correctly across different systems and languages. Using $sys_charset is straightforward. You can both set it and read its current value: $sys\_charset = "UTF8" MyVariable = $sys\_charset When you read $sys_charset, it returns either the value you set or the default character set chosen during Uniface installation. Unifa…  ( 7 min )

This is part 3 of this series. Previous: Part 2: Implementing Logging The github repository is here. In Part 1, we set up our Rust project with Axum, configured environment-based settings, and created a basic error handling system. Add the following dependencies to the project. cargo add sqlx -F "runtime-tokio-rustls, postgres, macros, uuid, chrono" cargo add uuid -F "serde,v4" cargo add chrono -F serde cargo add redis -F tokio-comp cargo add argon2 cargo add jsonwebtoken -F rust_crypto Then install sqlx-cli using cargo i.e. cargo install --locked sqlx-cli or cargo binstall sqlx-cli. We will use Docker to spin up these containers quickly. To get started, create a compose.yaml file in the root directory of the project and add configure it as follows. services: postgres: image: postgr…  ( 11 min )

Note: This blog post was created with the assistance of AI technology. If you work with Uniface 10.4, you might have come across the $syntax function. This powerful tool helps you match text patterns in your applications. Let me show you how it works in simple terms! 💡 The $syntax function converts a regular string into a special pattern string. Think of it like creating a template that other strings can match against. This is super useful when you need to check if user input follows a specific format. $syntax(String, SyntaxMode) String: The text you want to convert SyntaxMode: How the matching should work (optional) Uniface offers four different modes to control how pattern matching works: This mode treats special characters like #, *, &, @ as pattern codes. $syntax("D&G") This cre…  ( 7 min )

I went head-to-head with the head pro at his home course, Carlisle GC, in a £1,000 match sponsored by Titleist—who, as a bonus, are also backing the club’s junior section off the back of this showdown. Huge thanks to Nicky and everyone at Carlisle GC for hosting, and if you want the lowdown on the course or fancy a discount on my gear and kit, check the links! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Note: This blog post was created with AI assistance. 🤖 If you're working with Uniface 10.4, you might have encountered situations where you need to retrieve specific data from your database. Today, we'll look at a powerful function called $subsetreturn that helps you work more efficiently with entity data. In simple terms, $subsetreturn is a function that returns only the most recently retrieved occurrences of an entity. Normally, when you work with entity parameters in Uniface operations, you get all occurrences. But sometimes, you only want the data you just fetched from the database. Think of it like this: imagine you have a huge filing cabinet with customer records. Usually, when you ask for customer files, you get the entire drawer. But with $subsetreturn, you only get the specific f…  ( 7 min )

What's Changing and Why It Matters for You If you're a Warp user, you've probably seen the recent announcement about pricing changes. Let's cut through the confusion and understand exactly what's happening, why Warp made these changes, and most importantly, what it means for your wallet and workflow. Warp is moving away from their three-tiered system of Pro, Turbo, and Lightspeed plans to a single, simpler model called Build. This isn't just a rebrand—it's a fundamental shift in how you'll pay for Warp's AI features. The new Build plan costs $20 per month and includes 1,500 AI credits. But here's where it gets interesting: instead of losing unused credits at the end of each month, you can now purchase additional "Reload Credits" that roll over for a full year. Warp identified three crit…  ( 13 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins just dropped “Everything Wrong With Longlegs In 24 Minutes Or Less,” roasting Nicolas Cage’s over-the-top turn and getting us hyped for Osgood Perkins’ next flick, Keeper. They’ve also got the usual plug for linktr.ee/cinemasins (all their newest updates), a sinful poll to learn about you, a Patreon for the die-hards, plus Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and more to keep the CinemaSins party rolling. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less Cinemasins dives into Sinners, one of this year’s biggest genre hits, and gleefully racks up sins in a bite-sized roast—Halloween style. Expect rapid-fire jokes, signature nitpicks, and plenty of “but this movie rules” vibes as they tear through every cinematic misstep. Beyond the sins, you’re invited to explore the Cinemasins universe—from their main site and patreon to Discord, Reddit, Twitter and TikTok—where you can meet the writers, cast your sinful vote, and join a community that lives for movie-poking fun. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage kicks off a four-week deep dive into the first four Predator flicks, starting with the 1987 Schwarzenegger classic. This review hails Predator as the ultimate 80s action-sci-fi mashup—think gnarly creature design, laser blasts, mud-caked muscles and all the invisibility carnage you could ask for. For more behind-the-scenes chatter, extended audio, bonus podcasts and merch, swing by bigsandwich.co, hit up The Weekly Planet on Apple Podcasts or YouTube, and join the fun on Twitter, Patreon and Teepublic. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage review Predator 2 slides into 1990s L.A. with Danny Glover chasing a hotter, nastier alien amid a crime- and heat-wave—no Schwarzenegger or jungle, but a fresh Predator and a surprise Gary Busey turn make it a fun detour if you’re not expecting a carbon copy of the original. Catch the full Caravan of Garbage breakdown at bigsandwich.co, dive into the extended audio on YouTube, follow James and Maso on Twitter, and don’t forget to subscribe, support on Patreon, or grab some merch! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Welcome to part three of "Zero to SaaS in 14 Days," my real-world series where I build, launch, and document a SaaS product in just two weeks. In part one, I created a Subscription Tracker, and in part two, a Job Application Tracker. Now, I'm excited to share ReviewMaster AI, an app that makes managing customer reviews easier and smarter. It uses AI to suggest replies you can quickly edit and helps you keep track of reviews that need your attention. Whether on your laptop or phone, it looks great and works smoothly. If you've ever wished for a reliable sidekick to handle your reviews, let me show you how this app works. Picture this: you're swamped, but the reviews keep rolling in. An AI drafts replies for you, but you still want to add your personal touch. That's exactly the sweet spot Re…  ( 11 min )

🌟 I Finally Understood This Magic CSS Snippet I used to drop this snippet into every project: body { min-height: 100vh; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; } It always centered my content perfectly — both vertically and horizontally — So I finally decided to dig in. This snippet centers whatever is inside the both *vertically and horizontally * in the viewport. min-height: 100vh; The vh unit stands for viewport height, where 100vh equals 100% of the browser window’s height. This line ensures that even if the content is small, the element always stretches to fill the full height of the viewport, making vertical cantering possible. display: flex; This is the magic switch that turns the into a flex container. flex items, which can be positioned and aligned easily using Flexbox properties. Why is making the a flex container so important? By default, the uses the block layout model — elements simply stack one below another. Flexbox fixes all that. It gives you clean, predictable control over alignment and spacing. Once is a flex container, these two properties do the heavy lifting: justify-content: center; → centres items horizontally. align-items: center; → centres items vertically. Together, they place your content exactly in the middle of the viewport — with no hacks, no guesswork.  ( 7 min )

In the previous article, we used PostgreSQL's built-in full-text search feature to enable post searching in our forum. Next, we'll continue to enrich our site's functionality by adding support for uploading images in posts. The process for uploading images is as follows: The user selects an image file and submits it. After FastAPI receives the data, it forwards the image file to a dedicated object storage service, such as S3. Why not store it directly on the server? While this is convenient, it has several problems: You need to maintain persistent storage for the images. This means ensuring that image files are not lost every time you deploy the application. Serving images from the server will consume the server's expensive bandwidth and computing resources. Handling this with object sto…  ( 10 min )

Java String codePointCount() Explained: Taming Emojis & Complex Text Alright, let's talk about one of those Java topics that seems simple until it isn't. You're building a cool app, maybe a social media feed or a chat application. Everything is working perfectly until... someone uses an emoji. 😬 Suddenly, your character counter is off. Your string splitting logic is creating gibberish. That "face with tears of joy" emoji (😂) is being counted as two characters instead of one. What gives? Welcome to the wild world of Unicode, and the reason Java's String.codePointCount() method is an absolute lifesaver. If you've ever been bitten by the "emoji bug" or worked with any non-basic Latin text, this post is for you. We're not just going to glance at the syntax; we're going to dive deep into th…  ( 11 min )

📂 Exploring Next.js 16 File System Conventions I recently started playing with Next.js 16 experimental features, especially the new file-system conventions. At first glance, it might seem like a small shift — but once you dive in, you realize how much cleaner the developer experience has become. app/ directory The entire app now lives under app/, including routes, layouts, loading, and API endpoints. app/ ├─ layout.tsx ├─ page.tsx ├─ api/ │ ├─ users/ │ │ └─ route.ts ` No more pages/api. Everything feels connected and much easier to reason about. You can mix server and client components in the same directory. The compiler figures it out automatically based on context — finally, no more “use client” chaos everywhere. route.config.ts Every segment can now have its own small configuration file: ts ` That means cleaner routing rules without global clutter. Next.js 16 feels like what we’ve been waiting for since the App Router arrived. consistent and predictable. I wrote a deeper breakdown on my blog if you want full examples and structure visuals 👇 ganeshtidake.site/blog/nextjs-16-file-system-conventions  ( 6 min )

I took on the head pro at Carlisle GC in a £1,000 winner-takes-all match, with huge thanks to Titleist for backing the series, supporting club pros across the British Isles—and even pitching in to fund Carlisle’s junior section thanks to this showdown. Big shoutout to Nicky and everyone at Carlisle GC for hosting, and be sure to check out Titleist for gear, Carlisle Golf Club’s website for course info, and my Linktree for all the kit details (including a discount!). Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

As a cybersecurity analyst and a weekend dev, I'm obsessed with automation. I love finding tedious, manual tasks and building tools to make them disappear. Recently, I've been focused on one of the most time consuming challenges for any business: understanding the competitive landscape. We've all been there spending hours, or even days, digging through search results, company websites, and news articles just to get a clear picture of who the key players are in a specific market. It's crucial work, but it's repetitive and slow. So, I asked myself: What if I could build an AI agent to do this for me? I've spent the few hours building the first version of this idea, and I'm excited to share a first look. The concept is simple. You provide a simple brief: a description of your business, your t…  ( 7 min )

Introduction Have you ever wanted to provide AI-powered services but found ChatGPT's $20/month subscription too expensive for casual users? I built a Telegram bot that offers GPT-5 access for just 1 Telegram Star per request - making AI accessible and affordable for everyone. In this article, I'll walk you through building a monetized AI chatbot using Telegram's native payment system (Telegram Stars), OpenAI's GPT-5 API, and Python. Try the bot: @ChatGPTTlgrmBot Source code: GitHub Repository The concept is simple but powerful: Pay-per-use model: 1 Telegram Star = 1 AI request No subscriptions: Users only pay for what they use Lower barrier to entry: Much cheaper than $20/month ChatGPT Plus Built-in payments: Telegram Stars integration means no external payment processors Python 3.7+ - …  ( 11 min )

Everything Wrong With Longlegs In 24 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ latest takedown of Nicolas Cage’s delightfully over-the-top performance in Longlegs—complete with every absurdity and “sin” you can spot in the film. With Osgood Perkins’ Keeper on the horizon, the team can’t resist looking back at Cage’s most outrageous moments and dissecting them with trademark wit. Swing by their website or Linktree for all the latest news, drop your thoughts in the sinful poll, and if you’re feeling generous, support the small but mighty CinemaSins crew on Patreon. You can also keep up with Jeremy, Chris, Aaron and the rest of the gang across Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Discord and Reddit. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ latest Halloween special, playfully tearing into (and celebrating) one of the year’s best genre films. In under 15 minutes they rack up hilarious “sins,” shout “this movie rules!” and remind you they’ve got even more channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork) waiting for you. They’re also running a sinful poll, Patreon support, Discord invite, Reddit community and all the socials (Twitter, Insta, TikTok) so you can join the fun, follow the writers, grab Jeremy’s book and keep your sin-count up to date. Happy Halloween! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Over the next month the Weekly Planet crew kicks off a four-week deep dive into the Predator franchise, starting with John McTiernan’s 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. They hail Predator as the ultimate 80s action-sci-fi mash-up—perfect direction, writing, cast chemistry, creature design, mud, muscles, lasers, explosions and that iconic cloaking tech all rolled into one cheeky “Caravan of Garbage” review. Hungry for more? Swing by bigsandwich.co for early vids, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries and game let’s-plays, or catch their Extended Audio Edition on YouTube. You can also follow James, Maso and the editing squad on Twitter, subscribe on iTunes/Acappst, support on Patreon or deck out your gear with Weekly Planet merch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage Predator 2’s 1990 follow-up ditches Arnold and the jungle for Danny Glover in a crime-plagued, heat-baked L.A., pitting him against an upgraded, more ruthless Predator. Though it swaps primal dread for urban grit and even throws in a fun Gary Busey cameo, it’s a blast if you’re not expecting a shot-for-shot repeat of the original. Caravan of Garbage’s review highlights how the film leans into its new setting and cast to carve out its own cult-classic groove, inviting viewers to embrace this wild, metropolitan twist on the Predator mythos. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

NeuroLeveL – A Smarter Discord XP System, Inspired by Perceptrons Unknownerror-404 ・ Jul 18 #javascript #machinelearning #discord #opensource  ( 6 min )

If you're building server-side applications in .NET and want a framework that’s fast, flexible, and developer-friendly — meet LuciferCore. LuciferCore is a powerful .NET library designed for building high-performance servers, managing sessions, and streamlining development workflows. Paired with Lucifer.CLI, it offers a complete toolkit for bootstrapping and managing your projects with ease. What Is LuciferCore? Fast and reliable server setup Session management out of the box. A clean CLI to scaffold templates and manage resources. Simple integration with dotnet workflows. Whether you're building a console-based host or a scalable backend service, LuciferCore gives you the tools to get started quickly — and stay productive. Quick Installation dotnet add package LuciferCore Install the CLI globally: dotnet tool install --global Lucifer.CLI CLI Commands You’ll Actually Use lucifer init Generate templates: lucifer create Server lucifer create Session lucifer create Handler Update all components: lucifer update --all Clear generated files: lucifer clear --all Quick Example using LuciferCore.Main; using static LuciferCore.Core.Simulation; GetModel().Run(); Define interactive console commands: [ConsoleCommand("/start host", "Start host")]. [ConsoleCommand("/stop host", "Stop host")]. [ConsoleCommand("/restart host", "Restart host")]. [ConsoleCommand("/start service", "Start services")]. [ConsoleCommand("/stop service", "Stop services")]. [ConsoleCommand("/restart service", "Restart services")]. Then run your app: dotnet run NuGet Packages LuciferCore Lucifer.CLI Final Thought A Personal Note Contact GitHub: thuangf45 Email: kingnemacc@gmail.com NuGet: LuciferCore on NuGet  ( 7 min )

How to Update Gemini CLI to the Latest Version Vladislav Guzey ・ Nov 2 #gemini #ai #google #programming  ( 5 min )

The Gemini CLI is an open-source command-line tool that brings the power of Gemini (by Google) to your terminal. Keeping it up to date means you’ll get the latest features, fixes, and better performance. In this simple tutorial, I'm going to show how to update your Gemini CLI to the latest version. Follow these simple steps depending on how you installed it. Open your terminal and type: gemini --version If you installed the CLI globally using npm, run: npm install -g @google/gemini-cli@latest Or you can use: npm update -g @google/gemini-cli If you run the CLI directly via npx, you don’t need to update manually. Just run: npx https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli After updating, run the command below to be sure you’re on the new version. gemini --version Then test a simple command like: gemini --help Updating the Gemini CLI is quick and keeps your tools sharp. The key steps: check version, update via npm (or use npx), and verify the update. For more in-depth details and tutorials about Gemini please check these links: Gemini CLI + MCP: Complete Install in Minutes Official GitHub repo: google-gemini/gemini-cli Official docs: Gemini CLI Documentation on Google Cloud  ( 6 min )

Go 1.25+ added a new method to the sync package that removes common boilerplate: the WaitGroup.Go() method. If you've used wg.Add(1), go func(), and defer wg.Done() hundreds of times, this one's for you. Here's how we launch concurrent goroutines: package main import ( "fmt" "sync" ) func main() { var wg sync.WaitGroup list1 := []int{10, 20, 30, 40} list2 := []int{1, 10, 20, 30, 40} l1 := []int{-1, 4, 5, 6} l2 := []int{4, 5, 6} wg.Add(1) go func() { defer wg.Done() solution(list2, list1) }() wg.Add(1) go func() { defer wg.Done() solution(l2, l1) }() wg.Wait() } func solution(x, y []int) { var uniqueIdx int for _, num1 := range x { uniqueIdx ^= num1 } for _, num2 := range y…  ( 7 min )

## What is a GIL (Global Interpreter Lock) As the name suggests, the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) is an interpreter-level mutually exclusive lock. What does that mean 😬? It means that in a Python process, only one thread can execute Python bytecode at any given time. In other words, two threads cannot execute Python code simultaneously within the same process. So, if the GIL is an interpreter-level lock, can we say that we’ll never face race conditions in a multithreading environment 🤔? As GIL is taking care of and not letting more than one thread run at the same time. The answer is no. Refer to the following code for an explanation. import threading counter = 0 def increment_counter(): global counter for _ in range(1_00_000): counter += 1 thread1 = threading.Thread…  ( 7 min )

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The Future of Work: Can Tech Giants Profit from AI Investments Without Replacing Human Labor? The world of artificial intelligence (AI) has seen tremendous growth in recent years, with tech giants investing heavily in research and development. However, according to Dr. Yann LeCun, often referred to as the "Godfather of AI," these investments may not yield significant profits unless human labor is eventually replaced. Tech giants have been pouring billions into AI research, aiming to develop machines that can learn, reason, and apply knowledge like humans. While this has led to impressive advancements in areas like natural language processing, computer vision, and machine learning, the industry still faces significant challenges before it can become profitable. Dr. LeCun's statement sugge…  ( 7 min )

Genesis Code: Seed-Based 3D World Cloning Tired of endlessly tweaking procedural generation algorithms? Imagine creating complex, perfectly consistent 3D environments from a single, simple seed value. Think of it as a digital fingerprint for an entire world, instantly reproducible and endlessly customizable. The key lies in geometrically-regularized world models. This advanced technique learns to create a compact, internal representation of a 3D space, ensuring that the 'shape' of the virtual environment is preserved in its encoded form. By enforcing geometric constraints during the model's training, we force it to capture the inherent relationships between points in the environment. Think of it like creating a digital clay model – preserving the relative distances between points is cruc…  ( 7 min )

🚀 Understanding DevOps: The Bridge Between Development and Operations In today’s fast-paced tech world, software development isn’t just about writing code — it’s about delivering it quickly, reliably, and continuously. That’s where DevOps comes in. DevOps isn’t a tool or a job title (though it’s often used that way). It’s a culture, a set of practices, and a mindset that brings developers and operations teams together to build, test, and release software faster and better. Let’s break it down 👇 The term DevOps combines two words: Dev → Developers who write code Ops → Operations who deploy and maintain that code Traditionally, these two teams worked separately: Developers built features and handed them off. Operations ensured the servers ran smoothly. This led to conflicts — developers …  ( 8 min )

Admin Management System - Complete Guide Production-ready admin management system where super admins can directly create, manage, and control admin permissions. Overview How Admin Creation Works Admin Roles & Permissions Architecture & Workflow API Endpoints Database Models Implementation Guide Security Best Practices Testing & Deployment Troubleshooting FAQ Production Readiness Verification Quick Reference Guide Implementation Checklist This guide covers the production-ready admin management system where super admins have full control to create, manage, and modify admin access. The system intelligently handles both new admin creation and seamless upgrading of existing users to admin roles. The admin creation endpoint is smart and flexible: If a user doesn't exist → creates new ADMIN use…  ( 43 min )

In our group project we had to play both architect and builder. First, we wrote a design document for another team to implement. That sounded simple until we realized we couldn’t test our ideas, so every class diagram, API, and edge case had to be crystal clear without code to prove it. Then we switched roles and implemented a different group’s design. That was tough in a new way: student-written specs can be incomplete, ambiguous, or optimistic, and we had to fill gaps, reconcile assumptions, and ask lots of clarifying questions. The experience taught us that good design is more than boxes and arrows. It’s concrete examples, clear contracts, traceable requirements, and empathy for the next team. When in doubt: over-communicate, add test cases, and document decisions.  ( 6 min )

Agentic AI: From Assistant to Autonomous Action Imagine software that thinks ahead, takes steps, and completes tasks without constant human instruction. Agentic AI describes systems built to set goals, plan steps, and act across tools and workflows. Because these systems do more than generate answers, they change how companies design processes and measure value. As a result, enterprises must rethink governance, data quality, and change management to capture real benefits. This article explains why agentic AI matters now. First, it shows how agentic orchestration can extend automation beyond scripts and rules. Next, it covers the non AI groundwork that makes agents reliable and safe. Finally, it offers practical steps to prepare teams, tools, and data so agentic automation delivers measur…  ( 15 min )

Today, businesses are moving to cloud computing to streamline operations, improve agility, and reduce costs. Cloud computing is a set of services delivered through three main models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Each model gives you a different level of control and responsibility depending on your business. This article discusses all three cloud service models — their differences, benefits, and use cases — to help you better run your business operations and IT strategy. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) is a cloud computing model where you rent computing resources like servers, storage, and networking on-demand. For instance, you can rent a virtual data center instead of buying and maintaining your own physical equip…  ( 8 min )

The Beaches Bring Endless Summer Vibes to Tiny Desk Toronto’s all-star pop-rock crew rolled into NPR Music’s Tiny Desk with tracks from their sun-soaked 2025 album No Hard Feelings, proving it’s always summer somewhere. Kicking off with the irresistibly quotable “Blame Brett,” they cruised through five songs that blend new-wave hooks with queer-joy anthems and party-refusing energy. Jordan Miller’s powerhouse vocals shine on the slow-burn “Lesbian of the Year,” inspired by bandmate Leandra Earl’s coming-out story, while brooding bangers like “Can I Call You in the Morning?” and the epic closer “Last Girls at the Party” feel destined to be concert finales. Between Kylie Miller’s riffs, Leandra’s keys and melodica flourishes, and Eliza Enman McDaniel’s driving drums, The Beaches remind us why we need a little defiant joy all year long. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

How an Apparel Business Gets Built | Trap Draw, Ep 366 On this road-trip edition of Trap Draw, Neil and TC link up with Alex Holderness and John Bourne— the brains behind Holderness & Bourne—while cruising through Upstate New York. They unpack their backstories, the birth of their “side hustle” apparel line and how building that brand has echoed No Laying Up’s own journey. What started as a clip for a travel vid turned into the full-length interview because it’s just that good. Along the way, you’ll catch all the ways to support the Evans Scholars Foundation, shout-outs to sponsors, plus links to the No Laying Up newsletter, podcast and the exclusive Nest community. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

I’ve always been fascinated by how cloud technology powers everything around us — from the apps we use daily to the platforms that connect the world. For a long time, I wanted to start a blog to document my tech journey, but I kept postponing it. Today, completing my first Azure Fundamentals module finally gave me the push I needed. This module helped me understand the core concepts of cloud computing, Azure’s architecture, and real-world use cases that make technology scalable and efficient. More than just learning about the cloud, it reminded me that every big journey starts with a small step — and this blog is that step for me. I’ll be sharing insights, reflections, and project experiences as I continue learning Azure, Web Development, and DSA, and as I build cool things with my coders club! Here’s to learning, growing, and inspiring others to start — no matter how small the step may seem. – Akshatha S  ( 6 min )

Cinema Sins dissects Nicolas Cage’s delightfully unhinged performance in Longlegs, counting up every hilarious misstep in under 24 minutes just ahead of Osgood Perkins’ upcoming Keeper. Expect sharp wit, absurd observations (yes, those legs really are that long), and a playful roasting of all things cinematic. Thirsting for more? Cruise over to their Linktree for the latest updates, join the Discord or Reddit communities, fill out their sinful poll, or back the team on Patreon. And don’t miss the writer squad on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok to keep your sin meter topped up. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Summary CinemaSins is back with “Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less,” playfully ripping into what they call one of the best genre films of the year—complete with their classic sin counter and a Halloween twist. They promise the usual mix of humor and nit-picking, all while cheering on a movie they actually love. They also drop a heap of links—to their main site, YouTube channels (TVSins, CommercialSins, CinemaSins Podcast), a sinful poll, Patreon, Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, plus writer credits and social handles—inviting fans to connect, vote, and support the team. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 shakes up the formula by swapping Arnold’s jungle for Danny Glover–led LA during a heat-wave crime spree and unleashing a beefier, more relentless Predator. It’s goofy, gritty fun—especially when Gary Busey shows up to steal every scene. The Caravan of Garbage crew breaks down what works and what misses, then points you to extended audio, bonus podcasts, merch and more if you’re hungry for extra banter. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Were you ever one of those nerdy kids who used Google Sheets to make graphs and stuff instead of creating a blocky, inaccurate mess of a bar graph in your presentation group project? Wanna do it again? Arrays are the most useful data structures in code for holding a lot of data. And I mean a LOT. It's your code, you can write 10,000 lines of pure arrays if you want to. But let's say you have never seen an array before, and have no idea what it does. What does it look like? Unlike most people would expect, arrays are actually variables. They're a special type of variable that can hold more than one value. A simple array would be something like; array = [0, 6, 2, 4] Each value in the array is one variable. Because variables can hold many data types, you could write an array like; array2 = ["Apples", 21, emotion, "Married"] Of course, if you have more data than just a few variables, things can get messy. We thought of that. There's more to arrays than just the one dimension. Yes, the array example was a 1-Dimensional array. This means there are 2-Dimensional arrays, as well as 3, 4, 27, and so on. And no, I will not type a 27-Dimensional array for your entertainment. array2d = [ [11, 12, 13, 14], [21, 22, 23, 24], [31, 32, 33, 34] ] array3d = [ [ [111, 112, 113, 114], [121, 122, 123, 124], [131, 132, 133, 134] ], [ [211, 212, 213, 214], [221, 222, 223, 224], [231, 232, 233, 234] ] ] You may ask. in order to pull values from an array, you have to type the value of each dimension like; array[2] // 6 array2d[2][3] // 32 array3d[2][3][1] // 132 When you would ever use these? Well, just like normal variables. Here are a few examples; if array2d[1][3] = 999 { draw_text(32, 32, "I did something!") } if 12 = 12 { show_message(array3d[4][1][2]) }  ( 7 min )

🚀 Introduction: The Power of IaC for Resilient Deployments Hook: Tired of manual deployments? Imagine your web app going down because a single server failed painful, avoidable, and common when infrastructure and configuration are done by hand. Introduce IaC: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) lets you describe infrastructure in declarative files you can version, test, and reuse. With IaC you get consistency, repeatability, speed, and fewer manual mistakes. Project Goal: This guide walks you through building a highly available (HA) Flask web application on AWS, fully automated using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Ansible for application configuration and deployment. Key Takeaways: After this guide you'll understand: How Terraform and Ansible complement each other. Basic HA desig…  ( 9 min )

This is an open-sourced custom prompt injection detection module, designed for deployment on AWS. I built this using personal time/personal money/personal laptop/personal AWS accounts, and it's not connected to my professional employment whatsoever. You might ask why I'd build this when AWS Bedrock's Guardrails feature offers prompt injection protection. There's a few reasons. Reason 1: Customization. You can customize Guardrails to a good extent, can tell it what keywords or topics to avoid. But you can't tell it what to expect. Reason 2: Freedom. With my own prompt injection detection module, I can easily swap Bedrock for something else. And I can do things the way I want them done. Reason 3: Learning. I'm going down an AI / ML / GenAI / LLM learning pathway. It's wild, and I love doing this stuff. The repo is MIT licensed, is Python based, has 146 passing unit tests. Is it perfect? Nope. Can you help make it better? Yup. Let me know what you think. https://github.com/wayneworkman/terraform-module-prompt-injection-detection  ( 6 min )

What is Lorem Ipsum? Why do we use it? Where does it come from? The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham. Where can I get some? There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of Lorem Ipsum, you need to be sure there isn't anything embarrassing hidden in the middle of text. All the Lorem Ipsum generators on the Internet tend to repeat predefined chunks as necessary, making this the first true generator on the Internet. It uses a dictionary of over 200 Latin words, combined with a handful of model sentence structures, to generate Lorem Ipsum which looks reasonable. The generated Lorem Ipsum is therefore always free from repetition, injected humour, or non-characteristic words etc.  ( 7 min )

By Rajni Sharma AI Developer & Open-Source Enthusiast | November 2, 2025 Hey everyone, I'm Rajni Sharma — a full-stack AI dev who's been knee-deep in computer vision and web scraping for the past five years. I've built fraud detectors for banks and even a deepfake spotter that went viral on Hacker News. But nothing hits closer to home than tools for uncovering hidden online lives. Two years ago, I stumbled on CheatEye AI while debugging a personal project. It's a niche site launched in 2023, promising to scan dating apps for secret profiles. Sounds revolutionary, right? Wrong. Let's break it down — and I'll show you free (or cheap) alternatives that actually work, plus code to roll your own. CheatEye AI isn't hacking Tinder or Bumble. That's illegal and impossible without APIs. Instead, i…  ( 8 min )

Timothy stared at his screen, frustrated once again. He'd successfully made his book scanning system run multiple tasks concurrently, but now he had a different problem: chaos. "Margaret, look at this," Timothy said, pulling up his code. "I have ten scanner tasks running concurrently, but they're all trying to read from the same list of books. They're fighting over which book to scan next, some books get scanned twice, and sometimes the program just crashes." import asyncio import random books_to_scan = ["Book_1", "Book_2", "Book_3", "Book_4", "Book_5"] scanned_books = [] async def scanner(worker_id): """Scanner task that processes books""" while books_to_scan: # PROBLEM: Multiple tasks accessing shared state! book = books_to_scan.pop(0) # Race condition! …  ( 14 min )

Deep Dive into Google Cloud Tracing for Java: A Production-Ready Implementation Guide Distributed tracing has transformed from an operational luxury to a fundamental requirement for understanding production systems. Over the years, I've debugged countless incidents where proper trace instrumentation made the difference between resolving an issue in minutes versus hours of correlation work across fragmented logs. Google Cloud Trace, now deeply integrated with OpenTelemetry standards, has undergone significant evolution—particularly with the September 2025 introduction of the Telemetry API and the architectural improvements that followed. This article provides a comprehensive, production-ready guide to implementing Google Cloud Tracing in Java applications, incorporating the latest feature…  ( 18 min )

I needed a way to list who can access every shared file on my Google Drive. However, most scripts I found online were not working for me. So I opened Cursor and started building it myself. At first, I intended to publish the Apps Script as an add-on, but it turns out the script needs a restricted scope thus requiring a long review process. Finally I decided to publish the script for free, along with a Google Sheets Template. This is how you can list who has access to every shared file on your Google Drive: Copy the template (includes the script): Drive Audit Files Template. Open your copy and use the Drive Audit menu (as shown): Click Run Audit Now to start your first scan. If Authorization Required appears, click OK and proceed. Click Advanced (bottom-left), then Go to Clasp Drive Audit Add-on Click Select all to grant the requested permissions, then Continue. You’ll see the audit begin: The script will add Drive Audit and Audit Status sheets to your file. Review details in Drive Audit (sensitive info in the screenshot is redacted): Check progress/completion in Audit Status (e.g., running vs. done). You can check the full source code on my github. my blog  ( 6 min )

In the ever-evolving world of web development, staying ahead of the curve is a constant challenge. As new frameworks, libraries, and paradigms emerge, developers must decide which technologies will define the next generation of applications. One such shift has been the growing popularity of reactive programming. But what exactly does this mean for web development, and why is it becoming such a pivotal part of modern application architecture? Let’s dive into the world of reactive programming and explore why it's becoming the go-to choice for developers today. At its core, reactive programming is about handling data streams and the propagation of changes. Think of it like this: you have a flow of data coming into your app, and instead of manually managing updates whenever something changes, …  ( 9 min )

A Technical Post-Mortem on a Preventable Vulnerability In the fast-paced world of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), protocols are built on a foundation of open-source code and immutable trust. But this code, no matter how innovative, is still written by humans. In July 2025, the Web3 community received a powerful reminder of this fact when GMX V1, one of the most popular perpetuals exchanges, was exploited in a sophisticated attack that drained $42 million from its vault. The surprise? The vulnerability wasn't a novel zero-day attack. It was an old, well-documented adversary: Reentrancy. In this technical deep dive, we will dissect the attack, identify the vulnerable code, explain how the attacker (later identified as a white-hat) exploited this flaw, and most importantly, discuss how it could…  ( 10 min )

Have you ever built a cool feature in Flutter and thought, “Other developers could really use this!”? That’s when it’s time to turn your code into a Flutter package and share it with the community. In this guide, I’ll walk you step-by-step through creating your own Flutter package and publishing it on pub.dev Step 1: Create a New Package Open your terminal and run: flutter create --template=package my_awesome_package This creates a folder named my_awesome_package with this structure: my_awesome_package/ ├── lib/ │ └── my_awesome_package. Dart ├── pubspec.yaml └── test/ Tip: flutter create --template=plugin my_awesome_plugin Step 2: Write Your Package Code Open the file lib/my_awesome_package.dart. library my_awesome_package; String capitalize(String text) { if (text.isEmpty) return…  ( 7 min )

En programacion muchas veces requerimos crear componentes (como funciones, clases o estructuras de datos) que realicen la misma lógica con diferentes tipos de datos. Por ejemplo: una funcion que invierte el orden de los elementos en un array. Esta funcion utiliza la misma logica para un array de numeros que para un array de textos o un array de objetos Si se define la funciona con tipos especificos (ej: number): function invertir(input: Array): Array { // ... Lógica de inversión } Esta función no puede ser reutilizada para Array. Tendrías que duplicar el código para cada tipo, lo que genera rigidez y mantenimiento complejo. Algunos lenguajes, como por ejemplo typescript, permiten el uso de los tipos comodin, estos serian una solucion. Solo que al utilizar un ti…  ( 7 min )

Building a Prompt Engineering Toolkit for Developers Jaideep Parashar ・ Nov 2 #webdev #promptengineering #ai #productivity  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage takes the hunt from the jungle to the neon-soaked streets of 1990s Los Angeles, swapping Schwarzenegger for Danny Glover as a city detective battling a deadlier new Predator amid a steamy crime wave. It even throws in a memorable Gary Busey turn for extra chaos. While it misses some of the original’s jungle grit, Predator 2 delivers a fun, fresh spin on the franchise—perfect if you’re up for urban warfare and don’t expect an exact replay of the first movie. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

From a bicycle to a rocket Over the past 50 years, general-purpose programming languages became more complex due to the constant influx of new features (some of which are great, while others are a "feature creep"). Just look at any major programming language in its early days, versus the latest incarnations. From a distance, it may look like you switched from riding a bicycle to flying a passenger jet with a few hundred knobs, buttons and readout consoles. Arguably, the language structure covers many more usage patterns, yields additional power, and safety has improved, but the complexity and the learning curve has increased too. While in the beginning there was lots of pitfalls due to the lack of features and safety, which would usually result in too many ways of doing the same thing, i…  ( 10 min )

Prompt engineering is no longer just a “writing skill”; it has become a core developer skill, especially for those building AI-powered products, automations, or internal tools. But to work efficiently, you need a proper toolkit just like developers use VS Code, Git, Postman, or Docker. Here’s the toolkit I recommend every developer build to level up their AI workflow. 1️⃣ Your Core Prompt Library (The Source of Truth) Most developers make the mistake of storing prompts in random notes. Your library should have: Role-based prompts (e.g., “Senior Dev Debugger”) Skill-specific prompts (e.g., Docker, APIs, Excel, Python) Reusable frameworks (COT, TREE, RECAP, RAG formats) Ideal Structure: /Prompt-Toolkit ├── Coding ├── Debugging ├── Documentation ├── Testing & QA ├── Refactoring └── Busi…  ( 9 min )

Sample Website Traffic Data Here is a sample dataset for demonstrating data analysis and visualization with Python. Date Visitors Signups Page Views 2025-10-01 154 22 430 2025-10-02 168 27 445 2025-10-03 190 19 480 2025-10-04 142 18 400 2025-10-05 175 25 455 Plot daily visitors and signups using Python (matplotlib/seaborn) Calculate average visitors per week Analyze correlation between visitors and signups Create tutorials about reading and visualizing CSV data Feel free to use this table as a foundation for your next technical blog post! [web:21][web:6]  ( 6 min )

The release of Angular 20 in May 2025 marked a significant turning point for the Google-developed framework, focusing heavily on performance, developer experience, and reactivity. This version stabilizes major, long-anticipated features and introduces enhancements that solidify Angular position as a powerful choice for building large-scale, high-performance web applications. Overall Features of Angular 20 Angular 20s feature set is centered around delivering a more streamlined, performant, and modern developer workflow. 🌟 Key New and Stabilized Features - Stabilized Signal APIs: - Enhanced Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with Incremental Hydration: - Template Enhancements: @for, and @switch blocks are now stable and are the preferred syntax over the older structural directives (*ngIf, ngFor). - New Template Operators: - Angular Material Updates: 🆚 Angular 20 vs. Angular 19: Major Differences Angular 20 is largely a maturation of the foundational work introduced in Angular 16-19, particularly around reactivity and component structure. The core difference is the shift from experimental and optional modern features (like Signals and Control Flow) to stable and default features, fundamentally changing how new Angular applications are structured and perform. 👍 Advantages and 👎 Disadvantages of Angular 20 ✅ Advantages - Significant Performance Boost: - Simplified Component Architecture: - Enhanced Debugging: ❌ Disadvantages - Learning Curve for Existing Developers: - Migration Complexity: - Ecosystem Catch-Up: - Steep Learning Curve for Newcomers (Initial): While the final result is simpler, a new developer still needs to grasp core Angular concepts like Components, Dependency Injection, and now the new Signals/Zoneless model, which can still feel more opinionated and complex than getting started with lighter frameworks.  ( 8 min )

Installing Ruby on Xubuntu (My Notes from The Odin Project) Before jumping into Ruby on Rails, we first need to set up Ruby itself. It sounds simple, but trust me — this step can get messy if you skip details. I went through this recently while following The Odin Project, and here’s a cleaner, beginner-friendly walkthrough based on my own experience. Rails runs on Ruby, so before creating your first app, you need the correct Ruby version and a version manager to switch between them easily. I’ll be using rbenv, which helps install and manage Ruby versions safely without touching system files. Always start fresh! Open your terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T on Xubuntu) and update existing packages: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade This ensures your system’s libraries are current. Ruby need…  ( 7 min )

Table of Contents 1. Intro 2. Prerequisites 3. What We’re Building This Week 4. Creating Our Folder and File Structure 5. Why Multiple .tf Files 6. Step by Step Implementation a) providers.tf b) resource-group.tf c) virtual-network.tf d) virtual-machine.tf 7. Deploying to Azure 8. What We’ll Improve Next Week 9. Wrap-Up 1. Intro Welcome to Week 1 of my new Terraform Basics series. When you’re used to clicking through Azure Portal, the idea of spinning up infrastructure through code can feel strange. But once you see how clean, repeatable, and scalable it is, there’s no going back. Terraform makes that transition smooth: you describe your setup in plain text, and Terraform builds it exactly the same way every single time. 2. Prerequisites If you’d like to follow along, here’s what you’ll ne…  ( 8 min )

(And Why I Don’t Regret Paying for a Single One) Freelancing in tech is exciting—but it’s also chaotic. Between managing clients, writing clean code, building personal projects, and trying to market yourself, there’s a constant tug-of-war between creativity, productivity, and sanity. I’ve been freelancing as a software developer for the last few years, and 2025 has been the first year where I feel like my workflow finally clicked. Why? Because I invested in the right paid tools — not fancy gadgets or luxury software, but subscriptions that actually make me better at what I do. Here are the 7 paid subscriptions I actively use (and renew every year) that help me code smarter, brand myself professionally, and stay financially stable as a solo dev. Zoviz – My One-Stop Branding & Design Compani…  ( 10 min )

SoybeenAdmin is a dashboard template built with Vue 3, Pinia, and TypeScript. With 13.3k stars and 2.3k forks, it is a popular project. I fixed a bug where the scrollbar color didn't switch to light when dark mode was enabled. The fix for Firefox and Chrome involved updating the CSS property scrollbar-color, but this property doesn’t apply to Safari. Safari doesn't support this property, yet I found several websites that displayed different color scrollbars while dark mode was active. The solution for Safari is the color-scheme property. This property informs Safari that the element is dark, allowing it to use a light color scrollbar by default. Although this issue wasn’t difficult, I initially had no idea what was causing it. Chrome, Firefox, and Safari each support different CSS properties, which made it challenging for me to get into frontend development. After checking line by line on MDN, I discovered stylelint. I believe this CSS linter can help alleviate my headaches in the frontend projects I'm involved in.  ( 6 min )

Industry Trends & Resource Demands OpenAI's rapid growth exemplifies the robust expansion of the AI sector, with significant revenue forecast signaling strong market confidence. This growth is mirrored by continued, substantial investment from big tech companies, underscoring intense competition and the high resource demands of advanced AI development. However, this expansion brings challenges, notably rising energy costs impacting AI operations and data centers, while Microsoft's CEO notes AI's role in workforce dynamics. Concurrently, China's new analog chip signals a potential shift in the global hardware race essential for sustaining AI's computational needs. Recent innovations highlight AI's growing practical utility and advanced capabilities, moving beyond theoretical applications. A notable example involved an AI chatbot effectively cutting a hospital bill significantly by identifying billing errors, demonstrating tangible consumer benefits. Furthermore, AI researchers successfully embodied a large language model into a robot, showcasing progress in integrating sophisticated language understanding with physical interaction. As AI technologies advance, particularly toward agentic intelligence, discussions around comprehensive governance and ethical frameworks intensify. The development of an AI artificial personhood framework is being explored to address the complex challenges posed by increasingly autonomous AI systems. This initiative aims to establish guidelines for managing advanced AI entities and their societal impact.  ( 6 min )

AI Inference: The Silent Budget Killer (and How to Stop It) You've built an amazing AI model. Training was tough, but you nailed it. Now comes the real shock: deploying and running that model in production. The ongoing cost of inference – actually using the model to generate predictions – can quickly balloon, turning your AI dream into a financial nightmare. The core problem is that inference isn't free. Every prediction requires computational resources, and with large language models (LLMs), this cost can be significant. We can consider the entire inference process as a compute-driven activity that produces predictions as its output. Think of it like this: your AI model is a high-performance sports car. Training is buying the car. Inference is the cost of gas, tires, and maintenance eve…  ( 7 min )

In the tech world on November 1st, artificial intelligence continued to dominate the conversation, with hardware giants forging ambitious partnerships and software innovators pushing creative boundaries. But beneath the excitement, sobering realities emerged: skyrocketing energy demands for AI infrastructure are testing global grids, while regulatory deadlines loomed for cybersecurity compliance. It was a day that underscored the sector's relentless pace equal parts promise and peril as companies raced to capitalize on AI's momentum amid mounting operational challenges. Nvidia, the undisputed king of AI chips, took a significant step deeper into Asia's manufacturing heartland today with a landmark deal alongside Samsung Electronics. The two companies announced plans to construct a sprawlin…  ( 10 min )

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Timothy stared at his screen, frustrated. The library's new automated inventory system needed to check the status of books across three different sources: the main catalog, the reserve collection, and the inter-library loan system. He'd written async functions for each source, but his code was taking forever to run. "Margaret, I don't understand," Timothy said, pulling up his code. "I'm using async/await, but it's still running everything sequentially. It's taking just as long as synchronous code!" import asyncio import time async def check_main_catalog(): """Check main catalog - takes 2 seconds""" print(" Checking main catalog...") await asyncio.sleep(2) return {"main": 1247} async def check_reserves(): """Check reserve collection - takes 2 seconds""" print(" C…  ( 17 min )

🚀 What Problem Are We Solving? (The Loop) Imagine you are traveling through a sequence of steps (like nodes in a linked list, or numbers from a math formula). Eventually, you might enter a loop, where the steps just repeat forever. The sequence looks like the Greek letter "Rho" : it has a straight Tail leading into a repeating Cycle (Loop). Our goal is simple: Find the length of the repeating Cycle (lambda) and the length of the Tail (k) as quickly as possible. Concept What it is Example Tail (k) The steps before the cycle starts. 1, 2, 3 (3 steps) Cycle (lambda) The sequence that repeats infinitely. 4, 5, 6 (3 steps) Full Sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, ... Brent's Algorithm is a clever way to find this loop. Unlike other methods that crawl slowly, Brent's…  ( 9 min )

For Project 2, I worked on the SearchList, mainly the RangeTracker, SearchList, and SearchListFactory classes. I also wrote and ran my assigned JUnit tests (T1, T15, T16, T27–T29). Most of my time went into getting everything to build and run smoothly while keeping my branch (ayaanBranch) synced with main. There were a few bumps along the way. At one point a leftover HashMap file randomly came back into the repo, which I had to delete again. I also had to restore Node and NodeFactory from origin/main so everything matched up. After that, my build and tests passed fine on my end, though two shared tests in the main SearchListTest file were still failing. Those weren’t mine, so I didn’t touch them and just made sure my new test files worked. Cristian led the team while the rest of us worked on our sections. We used our Teams Chat to coordinate, but since we were implementing another team’s design, a few unclear spots in their documentation slowed things down. That part made it trickier since everyone’s work depended on each other lining up correctly. Overall, I learned a lot about syncing branches, fixing merge issues, and running Gradle builds properly. If I could change anything, I’d make my UML diagram a little more detailed so the connections between classes were clearer. Everything I worked on built and passed locally before I pushed my final commits and opened my pull request.  ( 6 min )

AndesVL: AI That Fits Right Inside Your Pocket Ever imagined your phone could see and think like a mini‑computer brain? Scientists have created a new AI called AndesVL that does exactly that—running powerful visual‑language tasks straight on your mobile device. first‑tier performance on everything from answering questions about photos to solving math puzzles on the screen. AndesVL’s breakthrough opens the door for smarter camera apps, on‑device translators, and even safer AR experiences for everyone. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: AndesVL Technical Report: An Efficient Mobile-side Multimodal Large LanguageModel 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 16 min )

MemeExplorer Sinatra App — Developer Takeaways This file summarizes my major learnings and insights while building the MemeExplorer Sinatra app. It reflects both technical growth and system-level thinking. Key Learnings: Structured complex logic inside a class-based Sinatra app (MemeExplorer < Sinatra::Base). Integrated Puma for concurrency, handling multiple simultaneous requests efficiently. Used middleware (Rack::Attack) for rate-limiting and API protection. Takeaway: I treated Sinatra like Rails — modular, configurable, and production-aware — a sign of senior-level backend thinking. Key Learnings: Used Redis for caching and throttling, SQLite for persistence. Handled Redis connection errors gracefully with fallbacks. Built auto-cleanup routines for stale data. Takeaway: Developed a…  ( 8 min )

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Hi everyone, i want to show you my github repo. I created a framework based on Django and Django Ninja that works with asynchronous operations (only them right now) and make you able to create REST api and CRUD operations with a really simple code implementation. Check it on GitHub and, if you like, please leave here a comment and a star on github and give it a shot, i will appreciate it a lot.  ( 6 min )

The Problem: Finding a Safe Place to Land on the Moon is Really Hard Imagine you're planning a lunar mission. You need to find a landing site that's: Safe: Flat terrain, low roughness, minimal hazards Sunlit: Enough solar visibility for power generation Accessible: Close to your target location Well-characterized: Backed by high-quality data The traditional workflow? Download hundreds of gigabytes of NASA raster data, spend days in QGIS or ArcGIS running terrain analyses, manually compare sites, and repeat for every mission scenario. Time required: 2-4 weeks per landing site evaluation. For the Artemis program, NASA identified 13 candidate regions near the Lunar South Pole after extensive analysis of terrain data, illumination patterns, and accessibility—work that requires specialized GI…  ( 11 min )

AI's Blind Spot: A Simple Filter for Unlearning Bias Imagine your AI is a painter, meticulously trained to create stunning landscapes. But what if, due to skewed initial instructions, it consistently favors certain colors, overshadowing others? This baked-in bias can lead to skewed results and erode trust in your model. Fortunately, there's a surprisingly elegant solution: an output filter designed to selectively "unlearn" problematic patterns. The core idea is to treat the classification process as a series of incremental learnings. Our "unlearning" filter acts as a final layer, redistributing the model's outputs to counteract the learned bias. Think of it as adjusting the color balance on your landscape painting, making the less prominent colors shine through. This approach offers seve…  ( 7 min )

Here is Chinese version overview Think of an "AI Agent" as a smart assistant that can perform tasks on its own. The main goal is to build these agents so they are stable, produce verifiable results, and can be reused, managed, and expanded upon. The original text lays out a blueprint for how to build a truly "general purpose" AI agent and then explains what types of agent tasks are well-suited for a coding environment (like an IDE) and which are not. To build a robust and trustworthy AI agent, you need a layered system. Intelligence (the AI model) is just one piece of the puzzle. Interaction/Console (The User Interface): This is how you talk to the agent, see what it's doing, and approve its actions. It could be a plugin in your code editor, a website, or a command-line tool. Its main jo…  ( 12 min )

Table of Contents AI Hype is Wearing Off Slowly But Surely 0 or 1? You Don't Have to Pick Sides, Don't Label Yourself Picking the Right Tool for the Right Job Example: Can You Write a Website on C Programming Language? Now, Let's Apply That Context to AI Don't Be Too Cool for School "AI Makes You Dumber, AI Makes Your IQ Lower, AI This... AI That..." There's Still No Excuse Summary and What's Next AI is here to stay, it's not going anywhere despite videos and articles claiming its bubble will pop. While there's some truth to these concerns, most such titles are clickbait. Sure, people are realizing that AI won't solve all their problems or make them rich without effort, but let's not be too dramatic - AI is going to stay like it is now for the most part. Though, it's encouraging to see …  ( 16 min )

Introducción En el desarrollo moderno de aplicaciones, es común necesitar ejecutar procesos en segundo plano que se comuniquen con nuestra API de forma eficiente y segura. Tradicionalmente, esto se resolvía con implementaciones complejas usando locks, colas manuales o infraestructura externa como RabbitMQ. Sin embargo, .NET ofrece una solución simple pero elegante: System.Threading.Channels. En este artículo, exploraremos cómo construir un sistema de control de jobs en tiempo real utilizando: 🔧 Channels para comunicación thread-safe entre componentes 🔄 Background Services para tareas recurrentes 🚀 Minimal APIs para endpoints modernos y limpios ⚡ TaskCompletionSource para comunicación bidireccional Al finalizar, tendrás un proyecto funcional que puedes adaptar para casos de uso reales …  ( 13 min )

Introduction When you need to process millions of records, the naive approach—looping through everything in a single job—quickly fails. A better way is to break processing into small, repeatable batches. In this article, we’ll build a generic batch job pattern for Laravel that’s: safe to serialize in the queue, dependency-injection friendly, clean and extensible. No reflection tricks, no magic container calls—just solid code. Each batch job: Executes one iteration (limit items starting from offset). Reschedules itself if there’s more work to do. Delegates business logic to a handler implementing a shared interface. namespace App\Foundation\Jobs\Batch; use Illuminate\Support\Carbon; interface BatchJobHandler { /** * Process one batch. * Must return the number of processed …  ( 7 min )

MongoDB indexes enable quick equality and range filtering (with $match) and ordering (with $sort). For aggregation operations like $group with $first or $last accumulators, indexes can dramatically improve performance through the DISTINCT_SCAN optimization. However, for hash-based aggregations such as $group with $sum or $sortByCount, there's not such optimization. While indexes can provide significant performance benefits by creating covered query plans (avoiding document fetches), the query planner won't automatically select them. You must explicitly specify the index using a hint. I created a test collection with 50,000 documents. Each document has a "groupme" field with 1000 distinct values, and a filler field (a random 50KB base64 string). base64 -w 51200 /dev/urandom | awk 'NR>50000…  ( 11 min )

Unlocking Dual Revenue with Monetization: What If Your AI App Could Pay You Back in Two Ways? Imagine if your AI application could generate revenue not just from subscriptions or paywalls, but also from hosting relevant ads seamlessly integrated into the user experience. What if you could tap into a dual revenue stream, allowing you to focus on innovation while still reaping the financial rewards? Welcome to Monetzly—your solution for sustainable AI app monetization. Monetzly is pioneering the first dual-earning platform specifically designed for AI applications. Our mission is simple: empower developers to monetize their apps while also benefiting from conversation-native advertising. With the rapid growth of AI applications, many developers face a common challenge—how to monetize witho…  ( 7 min )

Can AI Think When the World Keeps Changing? What if your smartest AI assistant could forget mid‑thought? Researchers discovered that huge language models, praised for solving tough puzzles, usually assume everything stays the same while they think. This breakthrough shows why we must design AI that stays steady in a moving world, and the insight is crucial for future assistants that help us every day. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: Are Large Reasoning Models Interruptible? 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 15 min )

Introduction Ever wish there was a smarter way to search for tech jobs? I built an AI agent that understands natural language queries like "Find me 5 latest Flutter jobs" and returns relevant postings from public job feeds. This isn't a tutorial on how to build agents from scratch. Instead, I'm walking you through how this specific project works—the decisions I made, the gotchas I hit, and real code examples you can learn from. The agent workflow is simple but practical: User asks: "Show me remote backend roles" Agent extracts keywords: ['backend', 'remote'] Agent calls a tool that searches cached RSS feeds Tool returns ranked, deduplicated jobs Agent formats results for the user You'll need Node.js 18+, an OpenAI API key, and comfort reading TypeScript. We're not reinventing the wheel …  ( 12 min )

Hello everyone, I’m working on my SaaS, which is a multi-user chatbot for WhatsApp. In other words, it will be a single chatbot that serves multiple clients (WhatsApp numbers) who receive questions on their WhatsApp accounts. The chatbot’s logic will read which number received the message and, based on that, will retrieve specific information to respond. I’m using Python, Flask, and the WhatsApp Cloud API. I’m building an MVP that I’ll use to validate with potential clients. It's really sad that I cannot communicate with some customer/business support from Whatsapp, I need to be a tech provider or Business Provider to have access to it. I have the following questions: Do I need to be some kind of Meta partner (Tech Provider, Business, etc.) to create my business/company (Chatbot) and use the WhatsApp Cloud API in my multi-tenant chatbot? Do my clients’ numbers need to be WhatsApp Business numbers (WABAs), or can they be regular WhatsApp numbers? Thanks.  ( 6 min )

Can’t wait to be back in pro golf action—Bryan Bros are teeing off at an Asian Tour International Series event and trying to make the cut. Tune in on Twitch, sign up for the newsletter, or hop into Discord to follow every swing. They’ve teamed up with Foresight Sports, Bushnell, LAB Putters, Takomo, Rhoback and Bruce Bolt Gloves for all their gear needs. Don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube and catch them on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Ready, Aim, Kill. The Linux hitman that decides what to kill. But is it a dud? Here is another, more accurate analogy. Linux kernel's OOM killer is like a firefighter who shows up after the house is already ashes. I am pretty sure it kills something, but your screen is already grey, system is frozen, and those Ctrl+ALT+Del panic smashing is fruitless. How does the linux kernel choose it's target to kill? out_of_memory() [!cite] Kernal Doc If we run out of memory, we have the choice between either killing a random task (bad), letting the system crash (worse) OR try to be smart about which process to kill. Note that we don't have to be perfect here, we just have to be good. It chooses a method based on its badness — a kind of naughty list. The OOM killer is partial toward root proce…  ( 9 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage kicks off a four-week series dissecting the first four Predator movies, starting with Arnie’s 1987 classic. The hosts hail Predator as the ultimate 80s action-sci-fi mash-up, thanks to its spot-on direction, writing, cast, creature design and iconic blend of mud, lasers and explosions. For more goodies (early vids, bonus podcasts, commentaries and let’s-plays), swing by bigsandwich.co, subscribe on YouTube, follow James (@mrsundaymovies) and Maso (@wikipediabrown), or back the show on Patreon—and don’t forget the merch! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage Fresh off the first film’s success, this 1990 sequel ditches Schwarzenegger’s jungle for a crime- and heat-soaked L.A., brings in Danny Glover and ups the ante with an even deadlier Predator. It may lack some of the original’s wilderness vibes, but if you’re cool with a change of scenery, a grittier crime wave and a dash of Gary Busey, it’s a fun, wild ride. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Imagine you run an e-commerce or content website. A user searches for “holiday gifts”, but your product catalog includes titles like “Christmas stocking”, “December sale”, or “winter celebration bundle”. A traditional keyword search will struggle to find these items if the exact words don’t match. This is where embeddings come in. Embeddings let your system search by meaning rather than just matching words. By converting text into numerical vectors that represent semantic meaning, embeddings enable the identification of similar items even when they use different words. Everyday use cases include: Semantic search (searching by meaning) Recommendation systems (finding similar products or documents) Duplicate detection (different phrasings, same idea) Chatbots and intent classification Think …  ( 9 min )

In the fast-evolving world of software development, optimizing the performance of your code has never been more crucial. With Delphi being a powerful language used by many developers, ensuring its code is both efficient and effective is key to maintaining competitive applications. In this article, we'll explore strategies for optimizing Delphi code performance in 2025. First and foremost, always make sure you are using the most recent version of Delphi. Every release comes packed with performance enhancements and new features that can significantly aid in optimization. Tools and compilations optimize our code far better with the latest advancements. Choosing the right data structure is paramount. Use lightweight and efficient structures such as arrays and records when appropriate. Remember…  ( 7 min )

Did you know that AI systems have been found to have bias against "non-traditional" names, such as those with multiple vowels or unusual spellings, potentially excluding people with non-Western backgrounds from job opportunities? Publicado automáticamente con IA/ML.  ( 6 min )

In automotive development, two frameworks dominate the conversation: ASPICE and ISO 26262. Both claim to safeguard quality and safety — but too often they live in silos. Are they natural allies, or awkward strangers forced to share the same project space? Let's find out. There's a neat trick many leaders have perfected: unwavering commitment to quality and safety, then quietly reward teams for producing checklists that look nice in audits. The result? Fake compliance. Glossy decks. And — no surprise — product recalls. Audit magic doesn't stop recalls. (Gemini generated image) Last episode we exposed the "PowerPoint Project" — organizations winning audits while losing reality. Here, the stakes escalate: When ASPICE (process quality) and ISO 26262 (functional safety) drift apart, audit theat…  ( 9 min )

Hey Dev Community! After my last blog about binding OLSRT to Node.js, I’m back again—this time with a new challenge: How can I bind OLSRT to PHP? If you’ve ever wanted to bring async/event‑driven power into PHP, this post is for you. Let’s dive in together! Before we start, make sure you have: Knowledge: C programming and basic PHP internals (Zend API). Tools: On Windows: PHP SDK, Visual Studio (MSVC), Git. On Linux/macOS: php-dev, phpize, GCC/Clang, Autotools, Git. OLSRT repo cloned: git clone https://github.com/OverLab-Group/OLSRT Inside your project root, create: php_olsrt.h — header file php_olsrt.c — main binding code config.m4 (Linux/macOS) or config.w32 (Windows) — build config test.php — to test the extension Also add include directories to compiler: OLSRT/src, OLSRT/inc…  ( 7 min )

Emotion-Informed Sentiment Analysis python import nltk from nltk.sentiment import SentimentIntensityAnalyzer # Load sentiment intensity analyzer sia = SentimentIntensityAnalyzer() def analyze(text): emotions = ['anger', 'fear', 'joy'... --- *Publicado automáticamente con IA/ML.*  ( 6 min )

Hi All - Something i've been working on for a while - so far/currently open source - hope u find it useful.. 🚀 Major Release: create-quality-automation v2.3.0 After comprehensive code review and user feedback, we've rebuilt our quality automation CLI around a core philosophy: use best-in-class existing tools, don't reinvent the wheel. Key Improvements: 🔧 Replaced custom package.json handling with @npmcli/package-json (the official npm library) 🔒 Integrated gitleaks for production-grade secret scanning ⚡ Added actionlint for advanced GitHub Actions workflow validation 📝 Switched to markdownlint-cli2 for robust documentation validation 🪟 Enhanced Windows compatibility by removing shell dependencies 🎯 Added Node.js 20+ requirement enforcement with proper lazy loading Why This Matters: Rather than building custom solutions, we now leverage mature, battle-tested tools that teams already trust. This approach delivers better reliability, more features, and easier maintenance. Perfect for: • JavaScript/TypeScript projects • Python development • Teams implementing DevOps best practices • Open source maintainers Get started in seconds: npx create-quality-automation@latest The tool automatically configures ESLint, Prettier, Husky, lint-staged, GitHub Actions, and more - all with production-ready defaults. #DevOps #QualityAutomation #JavaScript #TypeScript #Python #OpenSource #CLI #npm #AIBuilderLab  ( 6 min )

Transformers in Medical Diagnosis: A Breakthrough at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Researchers at UCSF leveraged the transformer architecture to develop a model that predicts patient outcomes of sepsis, a life-threatening... Publicado automáticamente con IA/ML.  ( 6 min )

How Tiny AI Helpers Turn Massive Text into Fast Answers Ever wondered how a computer can read millions of articles and instantly pull out the facts you need? Scientists have created a clever system called Falconer that lets a powerful language model act like a master planner, while tiny “proxy” models do the heavy lifting. This breakthrough means researchers can scan oceans of text for new insights without breaking the bank, opening the door for faster discoveries in health, climate, and everyday news. Imagine a world where knowledge is mined as easily as scrolling your feed—because now it truly can be. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: A Tale of LLMs and Induced Small Proxies: Scalable Agents for Knowledge Mining 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 15 min )

🎯 Topic: Rectangular Star Pattern I learned how to use nested for loops in Java to print shapes. Here’s my output for N = 4 👇 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * It looks simple — but understanding how loops nest inside each other really builds logic skills for future problems. 💡 Takeaway: Pattern questions are the best way to train your brain for logical thinking. class Main { static void pattern1(int N) { // This is the outer loop which will loop for the rows. for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { // This is the inner loop which here, loops for the columns // as we have to print a rectangular pattern. for (int j = 0; j < N; j++) { System.out.print("* "); } // As soon as N stars are printed, we move to the // next row and give a line break otherwise all stars // would get printed in 1 line. System.out.println(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { // Here, we have taken the value of N as 5. // We can also take input from the user. int N = 5; pattern1(N); } } Approach: We always use nested loops for printing the patterns. For the outer loop, we count the number of lines/rows and loop for them. Next, for the inner loop, we focus on the number of columns and somehow connect them to the rows by forming a logic such that for each row we get the required number of columns to be printed. We print the ‘*’ inside the inner loop. Observe symmetry in the pattern or check if a pattern is a combination of two or more similar patterns. In this particular problem, we run the outer loop for N times since we have N rows to be printed, the inner loop also runs for N times as we have to print N stars in each row. This way we get a rectangular star pattern (square) with an equal number of rows and columns .  ( 7 min )

AI as Mathematical Muse: Unlocking the Universe's Secrets Together Imagine tackling a complex equation describing material behavior, a problem so convoluted it's been stuck in the realm of theoretical physics for decades. What if AI could act not just as a calculator, but as a collaborator, offering innovative pathways to solutions that previously seemed impossible? This is the promise of a new paradigm: collaborative mathematical reasoning. Instead of simply asking AI to solve a problem, we guide it through the logical steps, decompose complex problems into smaller, manageable sub-problems, and use its immense computational power to explore potential solution pathways. At its core, this approach involves a feedback loop where human intuition guides AI exploration, and AI-generated insig…  ( 7 min )

TL;DR $ cat velocity-gap.tldr • Every layer of the stack is getting faster except infrastructure • Terraform's state system is the bottleneck, not the execution model • This is a solvable engineering problem, not an inherent limitation Application deployment got fast. CI pipelines got fast. Container orchestration got fast. Observability got fast. Infrastructure provisioning did not. That's not an accident. It's architecture. Look at the modern software stack. Kubernetes deployments converge in seconds. GitHub Actions runs complete in minutes. Observability platforms ingest and query terabytes in real time. Every layer has been optimized for velocity because velocity is table stakes. Except infrastructure. Terraform plans take minutes. Applies queue behind locks. State operations ser…  ( 11 min )

I spend a lot of time on Codeforces, and one thing I always wanted was: So I built iPlusCode — a Chrome extension that sits on Codeforces pages and adds some extra tools for practice. In this post, I’ll share what the extension does, how it works (especially the “Friend's code” feature), and some lessons I learned building it. Bookmark problems from Codeforces Add notes to a problem (saved in Chrome sync) Filter/sort problems by rating or tags Sync solved problems using the Codeforces API Hide tags if you don’t want spoilers Main thing: view friends’ accepted codes in a modal on the same page. One unique aspect of competitive programming is learning from others. iPlusCode makes this easier by integrating friend's solutions right into the problem page. When you click “Show Codes” under…  ( 8 min )

When you first start learning to code, you usually expect two outcomes: JavaScript has a secret third option: That quiet behaviour is what I mean when I say: JavaScript often fails silently. Your code can be doing the wrong thing, and the language will not always warn you. In this article, I want to show you how that happens, why it happens, and a few habits that help you protect yourself from it. JavaScript is very eager to guess what you meant. For example: const result = "12" / 3; console.log(result); // 4 Let us pause there. "12" is a string. It is text. In many other languages, doing maths on text would throw an error. JavaScript does not throw. It says, basically: “Oh, you probably meant the number 12,” quietly converts the string to a number, and gives you 4. No warning. No complai…  ( 11 min )

Let's talk about the elephant in the room that most developers are ignoring: What happens to our crypto assets when we die? We spend hours optimizing smart contracts, securing our keys, and building decentralized systems, but we're creating a massive inheritance problem for our families. I almost learned this the hard way when I realized my family wouldn't know how to access my 12-year crypto portfolio. The Technical Problem No central authority to petition Private keys = absolute ownership Smart contracts don't have "next of kin" features Family members lack technical expertise { "wallets": [ Smart Contract Inheritance Solutions constructor(address _heir) { function proveAlive() external { function claimInheritance() external { // Transfer assets to heir uint256 balance = address(th…  ( 7 min )

The Dangerous Truth About Running Docker Inside Docker (DinD vs. DooD) A robust Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline often requires building, testing, or pushing new container images. To do this from within your Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions agent, you need access to a Docker daemon. This need often leads developers to adopt one of two patterns, and choosing the wrong one is one of the most common and critical security mistakes you can make in production. This isn't just about convenience; it's about host security. The Hidden Trap ⚠️ DooD is the most common pattern because it's the easiest to set up, but it is fundamentally dangerous. In the DooD pattern, your build container (e.g., your Jenkins Agent) does not run its own Docker daemon. Instead, you mount t…  ( 7 min )

The Dangerous Truth About Running Docker Inside Docker (DinD vs. DooD) A robust Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline often requires building, testing, or pushing new container images. To do this from within your Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions agent, you need access to a Docker daemon. This need often leads developers to adopt one of two patterns, and choosing the wrong one is one of the most common and critical security mistakes you can make in production. This isn't just about convenience; it's about host security. The Hidden Trap ⚠️ DooD is the most common pattern because it's the easiest to set up, but it is fundamentally dangerous. In the DooD pattern, your build container (e.g., your Jenkins Agent) does not run its own Docker daemon. Instead, you mount t…  ( 7 min )

Last night just as I was getting to sleep, I had an eureka moment. There’s all this stuff about AI and the cool stuff it will do in the future. But what about what humans have done already? Why not build a platform by sharing people’s memories of any time period (not that Mozart will be posting) between friends & family? That’s when I wondered, what will it be called? And Archaic stood out in my mind. I forgot what it meant, but I must’ve intuitively knew, because by googling it means, “Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.” Perfect, I thought. The next day I fired up Base44 and got to deciding how best to dev it. Ironically, it’s a site that is about the pre-AI era since it’s for humans appreciating the time periods that they care about — most of which I’m sure is without AI. So what are these memories that will be shared? Multi-media including pictures, videos, and music in a bento box structure where each bento box can be shared with whomever and represents whatever idea & time period it encompasses. I plan to fully develop this on my own after using Base44 once I’m sure people are interested in it, as I have with a website I did for a friend elderwoodstea.com using React, Vite, and eslint (basic stuff ik, I'm learning). Here’s some of the beginning steps of it, it took a few tries to get the AI to go from a cliche bold typeface to a handwritten, nostalgic look. But that’s what I figure it should look like, you’re the one to judge!  ( 7 min )

Can AI systems that optimize for human emotional intelligence outperform those focused solely on efficiency, leading to a new paradigm of productivity? Publicado automáticamente con IA/ML.  ( 6 min )

You’ve been there. You ask your Large Language Model (LLM) to perform a simple task: “Write a short poem about the challenges of software engineering and save it to a file named poem.txt on my desktop.” The LLM obliges, crafting a beautiful stanza about buggy code and tight deadlines. But then it stops, apologetically explaining that it lives in a digital sandbox, unable to interact with your local files. The poem exists only in the ephemeral space of the chat window—a brilliant thought trapped behind glass. This disconnect between the model's cognitive power and its real-world agency is one of the most significant limitations of modern LLMs. They can reason, write, and code, but they can't act. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the key to shattering that glass. It's not just another fea…  ( 12 min )

‘Halloween II’ Podcast Recap Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan dive into the 1981 sequel Halloween II, debating whether Michael Myers stands as the ultimate horror villain, breaking down their single most rewatchable scene, and hashing out fun “categories” to crown the movie’s biggest thrills. Along the way, they lean into nostalgic callbacks, rival each other’s takes on Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence, and share a few laughs about how Myers’ relentless terror never really dies. Produced by Craig Horlbeck, Ronak Nair, Chia Hao Tat, and Eduardo Ocampo, the episode opens with a quick cold start, moves into the “GOAT Villain” showdown around 1:41, hits the rewatchable highlight reel at 33:13, and wraps with their top picks in “The Categories” at 55:51. Don’t miss shout-outs to streaming picks like A Mountain of Movies on Paramount+ and A House of Dynamite on Netflix (Oct. 24), plus a friendly reminder that “like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.” Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Longlegs In 24 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins takes Nicolas Cage’s bizarre thriller Longlegs and rips it apart in under 24 minutes—pointing out every ridiculous moment (yes, those legs really are absurdly long) just in time to hype Osgood Perkins’s upcoming Keeper. If you like quick, snarky movie breakdowns, this one’s a must-watch. Want more? Hit up cinemasins.com or their Linktree for YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), join the sinful poll, support the crew on Patreon, or stalk your favorite CinemaSins writers on social media. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less Cinemasins is back with a tongue-in-cheek “sins” breakdown of one of the year’s best “genre” hits, Sinners—perfect for a spooky Halloween watch. Expect quick jabs at every plot hole, quirk and cinematic cliché as the team racks up sins in record time. Want more? Check out their main site, YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), and social hubs. Fill out their sinful poll, support them on Patreon, or follow the writers (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, Daniel) across Twitter and Instagram for all things CinemaSins. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Online Whiteboard made simple. That's what Excalidraw promotes its app as and it is true. Excalidraw is a great app to create and share diagrams for your next project. I use it locally on my Mac and love its simplicity. Excalidraw positions itself as a "simple online whiteboard," and its architecture reflects that philosophy. Built with React and TypeScript, Excalidraw provides a minimal, collaborative environment for diagramming—ideal for technical teams, architects, and anyone who needs to quickly visualize system designs, workflows, or data models. As an open-source project, Excalidraw can be deployed locally, giving teams full control over data privacy and customization. Here’s how to set it up for local use: Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw.git to download the source code. Install dependencies npm install to install all required Node.js packages. Launch the development server npm start. By default, Excalidraw will be available at http://localhost:3000. Begin diagramming and sharing Right out of the base installation, you can even use Mermaid (https://mermaid.js.org/) to use text to draw diagrams.  ( 6 min )

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FINAL WARNING – DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury… and will be tormented with burning sulfur… The smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.” — Revelation 14:9–11 (NIV) Revelation 13:16–17 “It also forced all people… to receive a mark on their right hands or foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark…” It will be a visible or embedded identifier — likely a digital tattoo, chip, or scan. It will start as voluntary, then become mandatory. It is not a current vaccine, ID, or money — it is tied to worship of a global leader (the Antichrist). Revelation 14:9–11 (Full Warning) “A third angel followed them and said in…  ( 7 min )

Not every business student will launch a startup and that’s fine. But every graduate will face ambiguous problems, moving targets, and decisions with incomplete information. Those pressures aren’t unique to founders; they’re present in product management, finance, consulting, operations, and marketing. That’s why simulation time belongs in every business curriculum. It gives students a safe arena to practice judgment, see consequences, and build the confidence to act skills that transfer far beyond entrepreneurship. Modern platforms like Startup Wars make this experience accessible in a browser. Instead of watching someone else solve a case, students make the call themselves: price the product, set the ad budget, manage inventory, protect the runway, and decide when to pivot. The lesson is…  ( 9 min )

A christening or naming ceremony represents one of life’s most tender and meaningful milestones. As family and friends gather to celebrate a new life, the gift you bring should honour the moment, reflect care, and become part of a memory. In the UK, the demand for elegant, thoughtful christening gifts UK has evolved. Rather than generic toys or simple keepsakes, people now choose personalised, high-quality items that will be treasured for years. Premium personalised collections—such as decorative name plaques, engraved photo frames, bespoke wooden blocks, and LED name signs—offer meaningful ways to mark the occasion with elegance. This article explores: Why christening gifts matter What defines a refined christening gift Thoughtful gift ideas How to choose the right present Trends shap…  ( 7 min )

Als Entwickler stehen wir oft vor der Herausforderung, komplexe geografische Daten in intuitive und performante Funktionen für unsere Anwendungen zu verwandeln. Ob es darum geht, den schnellsten Lieferweg zu finden, Benutzern den nächsten Elektroladepunkt anzuzeigen oder eine interaktive Karte für ein neues soziales Netzwerk zu erstellen – die Integration von Karten- und Navigationsfunktionalitäten ist entscheidend. Doch wie verwandelt man einen Berg von Geodaten in nützliche Features, ohne das Rad neu erfinden zu müssen? Die Antwort liegt oft in der geschickten Nutzung von Geo-APIs. In unserer täglichen Arbeit widmen wir uns der Aufbereitung und Bereitstellung solcher Daten, um Entwicklern wie Ihnen die Arbeit zu erleichtern. Was sind Geo-APIs und warum sind sie so mächtig? Geo-APIs (Geog…  ( 8 min )

Unlike typical one-time DNS speed comparisons, this analysis uses 24-hour monitoring across 6 targets simultaneously to distinguish network issues from DNS provider performance. The first comprehensive guide to multi-target DNS stability monitoring I'll rewrite this as an English technical article for dev.to, maintaining the analytical depth and technical accuracy. The most stable baseline: 8.8.8.8 (consistently 6.0–6.3 ms, minimal jitter). 1.0.0.1 / 8.8.4.4 / 9.9.9.9 cluster around 6.3–6.8 ms with flat trends. 149.112.112.112 (Quad9) consistently runs +0.8–1.2 ms higher — a clear "step up." 1.1.1.1 alone showed isolated 9–11 ms spikes several times. Minimal correlation with other targets suggests Anycast/routing-side transient events. Evening through night: Conclusion: The chart above …  ( 8 min )

Hey Dev Community! OLSRT, a lightweight runtime written in pure C. Actors, Channels, Promise/Futures, Event Loop, WebSocket, HTTP, Parallel, and Poller into one modular system. Think of it as a flexible foundation for building event-driven applications, similar in spirit to Node.js or libuv, but desgined to be minimal and hackable, but powerful. Here's a tiny example of how a promise & future works in OLSRT (C++): #include "olsrt.h" #include #include #include // Callback for future void print_callback(ol_future_t* f, void* arg) { const char* msg = static_cast(arg); std::cout << msg << std::endl; } int main() { // Making a loop ol_loop_t* loop = ol_loop_create(); // Making future ol_future_t* f = ol_future_create(loop); …  ( 7 min )

When I was primarily a frontend engineer, I had a terrible relationship with APIs. If I wasn't manually rewriting types and interfaces from the backend, I was debugging runtime errors because someone changed an endpoint without telling me. Back then I read the following advice: 'The best way to get types from the server was to get the types from it.' What I didn't realize was this was some of the worst advice I've ever received; until I became the backend engineer responsible for maintaining both sides. The code you're about to see isn't a hypothetical example. It's the actual technical debt that almost burned me out as a solo engineer building a startup. I didn't understand how the backend was supposed to work in a real world environment. So this is what I came up with: // Are you tel…  ( 11 min )

If you have ever set up email for your custom domain, you’ve likely come across terms like MX records, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. They sound technical, but together, they make sure your emails actually get delivered and not land in the spam folder. MX stands for Mail Exchange. MX records tell the internet which mail server is responsible for handling email for your domain. When someone sends an email to you@yourdomain.com, their mail server first looks up your domain’s MX records to find out where to deliver it. You can think of MX records like the postal routing instructions for your domain. They don’t store or deliver mail themselves. They simply point to the servers that do. Let’s take an example. Suppose your domain is example.com. A person sends an email to hello@example.com. Their mail se…  ( 8 min )

AI Breakthrough: Designing Molecules with Just a Few Examples What if a computer could sketch a new medicine after seeing just a handful of examples? A new AI system called DemoDiff learns to create molecules from only a few demonstrations, much like a chef inventing a new dish after tasting a couple of flavors. molecular design and drug discovery. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: Graph Diffusion Transformers are In-Context Molecular Designers 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 15 min )

Don't hesitate to check all the article on my blog — Taverne Tech! Picture this: It's 3 AM, your production server just crashed, and you need to rebuild everything from scratch. Are you reaching for energy drinks and preparing for an all-nighter, or calmly running a single command? 🌙 If you chose the latter, congratulations! You've discovered the magical world of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. Gone are the days when provisioning infrastructure felt like performing surgery with oven mitts while riding a unicycle. Today, we're diving deep into Terraform - the tool that transforms infrastructure management from dark art to elegant science. Think of traditional infrastructure management as building with concrete blocks - once you pour that foundation, good luck changing it witho…  ( 10 min )

Look, I'll be honest with you. I spent way too many nights doom-scrolling through random confession pages, and one thought kept bugging me: what if these people could get actual support instead of just reactions? That's how Confessly was born—a place where you can spill your thoughts anonymously and get genuine, thoughtful AI-powered guidance back. This isn't just another confession board. It's what happens when you mix the raw honesty of anonymous platforms with the empathy of modern AI. And yeah, I'm building it completely open-source because why gatekeep? The concept is simple but powerful: Anonymous by default — No accounts, no tracking, just pure honesty AI Advisor — Every confession gets a supportive, non-judgmental response from GPT Community-driven — Trending confessions, reactions…  ( 13 min )

Hello, I'm Maneshwar. I'm working on FreeDevTools online currently building *one place for all dev tools, cheat codes, and TLDRs* — a free, open-source hub where developers can quickly find and use tools without any hassle of searching all over the internet. When choosing a database for your project, two names often come up: PostgreSQL and SQLite. Both are relational databases, both support SQL, and both are open source, but they’re built for completely different purposes. Let’s break down the differences in a detailed, practical way so you’ll know exactly when to pick which. SQLite is an embedded database, it’s not a separate server process. Instead, it’s a library that your application links directly into. All your data lives inside a single file on disk. No setup, no server, no confi…  ( 9 min )

AI, AI Agents, Agentic AI... You can't go a day without coming across at least one of these. What exactly are they??? In today's blog we'll be looking at AI Agents, what they are, what they do and how to create one. Let's take them one by one. AI (Artificial intelligence): AI or Artificial intelligence is the ability of of computer systems to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving, decision making and recognizing patterns. You can see how that applies when using chatbots and LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini. AI Agents: An AI Agent is a program that combines intelligence with the ability to act. It doesn’t just process information, it can take action using connected tools and systems, often without human intervention. Agentic AI: This is th…  ( 9 min )

Let me tell you about the 3 AM scroll. You know the one. You're lying in bed, anxiety through the roof, doom-scrolling Instagram. The algorithm keeps throwing travel influencers and hustle culture at you. Nobody asked, nobody cares, and you feel worse than when you started. That's the moment MoodFeed was born. Not in some fancy accelerator pitch, but in my bedroom at 3 AM, feeling like garbage and thinking "there has to be a better way." Every social app treats you like a data point. "User 47362 likes tech content." Cool. But what if User 47362 just got dumped? What if they're celebrating a promotion? What if they're grieving? The algorithm doesn't give a damn. Same feed, different day, zero empathy. I spent four months fixing this. Built an app that actually asks "how are you feeling?" an…  ( 14 min )

Remember scrolling through your feed at 2 AM, feeling anxious, and the algorithm keeps showing you success stories that make you feel worse? Yeah, me too. That's exactly why I built MoodFeed. Social media feeds are dumb. They think because you liked one post about productivity, you want to see 50 more. They don't care if you're having the worst day of your life or celebrating a major win. Same content, different mood, wrong vibe. I spent three months building something different. A feed that actually adapts to how you're feeling right now. Not what you liked yesterday. Not what your demographic usually engages with. But what YOU need in THIS moment. The app does something simple but powerful: it asks how you're feeling (or detects it through your camera), then curates content that matches …  ( 12 min )

In the Node.js and JavaScript ecosystem, the package.json file is much more than a simple configuration file. It acts as the manifest for your project, holding essential metadata, dependencies, scripts, and more. A deep understanding of package.json empowers you to optimize your development workflow, streamline deployments, and maintain consistency across various environments. This guide dives into every aspect of package.json from basic metadata to advanced configurations providing practical insights and best practices to help you master this critical file. The package.json file is a JSON-formatted document that serves as the heart of your Node.js project. It provides: Project Metadata: Information like project name, version, description, author, and license. Dependencies: A list of packa…  ( 9 min )

So for HNG Stage 3, my task was building an AI agent. Pretty straightforward, huh? After all, I've built APIs. How different could an Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol implementation be? Turns out, quite different. And that's exactly what made it a great learning experience. My goal was an A2A-compatible agent that integrates with Telex for discovering trending GitHub repositories. Users should be able to ask natural language questions like "What's trending in Rust?" or "Show me AI projects from this week", and get relevant repository recommendations. Simple enough on paper. But the real challenge wasn't building the agent. It was getting it to work with Telex's A2A implementation. This was my first time building an A2A integration, and I decided to do it in Rust just to challenge myself and l…  ( 10 min )

🌍 How to Set Up a Global HTTP Load Balancer on Google Cloud (Step-by-Step with Screenshots) Jay Sheth ・ Nov 1  ( 5 min )

3 Golf Swing Tips That I Wish I'd Told You Sooner In this quick, 6-minute practice plan, Danny Maude debunks the “8–10 hours a day” myth and shows how just a few simple drills each session can build better muscle memory than endless ball-beating. You’ll learn how to stop slicing your driver, swing more inside-out, and lock in the perfect impact position—all from the comfort of your home or garden. By focusing on quality over quantity, you’ll start seeing real improvements in your swing and shaving strokes off your score. Ready to play smarter, not harder? Let’s get to work! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Load balancing is an essential part of modern cloud architectures --- it helps distribute traffic across multiple backend instances, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. In this tutorial, we'll set up a Global HTTP Load Balancer on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using both the Cloud Shell (gcloud) and the Google Cloud Console (GUI). Before starting, make sure you have: A GCP project (like Qwiklabs or your own) Billing enabled Cloud Shell or gcloud CLI access 🖥️ Step 1: Create Initial Compute Engine Instances We'll start by creating 3 individual virtual machines. For a full tutorial, it's helpful to see how basic VMs are set up before moving to managed groups. You can create them using the following gcloud commands, each setting up a simple Apache web serve…  ( 9 min )

If you’ve worked with Webpack before, you probably remember how much setup it needed — loaders, plugins, split chunks, environment variables, and more. Vite, and suddenly the dev experience felt instant. why it feels faster and what exactly it does for you behind the scenes? Let’s break it down 👇 Vite (pronounced veet, meaning "fast" in French) is a next-gen frontend build tool created by Evan You (the creator of Vue). native ES Modules in the browser during development and Rollup under the hood for production builds. So, instead of waiting for the entire app to bundle before you can see changes, Vite serves your source files directly — compiling and transforming them on demand. Dev mode: lightning-fast startup using ES Modules and on-demand transformation Prod build: uses Rollup for opti…  ( 8 min )

As you know, we at Elanat are developing version 2 of WebForms Core technology with a focus on the developer experience. This version is supposed to be a milestone in simplifying and optimizing web development. As promised, we will introduce new features before the final release. This time it is one of the most practical and smartest features: not submitting unchanged data. In traditional web forms, when submitting data (in editing), all fields, even those that have not changed, are re-sent to the server. In large or repetitive forms, this behavior causes excessive bandwidth consumption, pressure on the server, and slows down the response speed. With WebForms Core and the "UseOnlyChangeUpdate" method, only changed fields are submitted, which optimizes performance and reduces resource consu…  ( 7 min )

Everything Wrong With Longlegs In 24 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins takes a fun, nitpicky dive into Longlegs, roasting Nicolas Cage’s over-the-top performance and marveling at, you guessed it, those insanely long legs. With Osgood Perkins’ Keeper on the horizon, they’re looking back at all the absurd moments that made this horror flick a wild ride. Beyond the sins, they’re pushing all their goodies—polls, Patreon, Discord, Reddit and every social channel under the sun—so you can join their community, weigh in on future content, and help keep this sin-counting machine running. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins just dropped a Halloween-ready “Everything Wrong With…” video that rips into one of the year’s best genre films in just 15 minutes—because even the greatest movies leave room for a few sins. They’ve also loaded up the post with all their links: their main site, Linktree, YouTube channels (@TVSins, @CommercialSins, CinemaSins Podcast), a spooky poll, and a Patreon if you want to support the nitpicking squad. On top of that, they’re crediting their writers (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, Daniel) and inviting fans to join the party on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok—and even grab Jeremy’s book. Enjoy the sinning! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

These folks are kicking off a four-week deep dive into the first four Predator movies, starting with the 1987 Schwarzenegger classic. They rave that Predator is pure 80s action sci-fi perfection—think top-notch direction, cast chemistry, creature design, mud, muscles, invisibility, lasers and explosions all rolled into one glorious jungle thrill ride. Hungry for more? Head to bigsandwich.co for early vids, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries and game let’s-plays. You can also catch their extended audio edition on YouTube, follow James and Maso on Twitter, subscribe on iTunes or YouTube, support them on Patreon and even grab some sweet merch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage dives out of the jungle and into a sweltering, crime-ridden Los Angeles where Danny Glover replaces Schwarzenegger at the center of the hunt. With the city in the grip of a brutal heat wave, our hero is pitted against a fresh, even more lethal Predator, trading dense foliage for urban skyscrapers and street gangs. It’s a wild ride that shakes up the original formula—with Gary Busey in tow—so long as you’re up for a change of scenery and a different kind of action flick. If you came expecting a carbon copy of the first movie, buckle up and embrace the chaos instead. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

by Alessio Pelliccione Some days ago at work, I was writing a small dynamic script to trigger a build for a single file. While doing that, I suddenly wondered: how do modern build tools actually work under the hood? That question led me to start building a minimal engine — something simple enough to grasp the core idea, but realistic enough to mirror how tools like esbuild or Vite handle rebuilds internally, deciding what to rebuild. Let’s see the process step by step — from file watching to dependency graph validation — to see what really happens when you hit “Save”. When you hit “Save”, your dev server doesn’t rebuild the whole project. Instead, it follows a smart and very fast chain of steps: The file watcher fires an event — tools like chokidar detect which file changed. The server lo…  ( 8 min )

🕵️ The Scene of the Crime Let me paint you a picture. You're in a meeting room. Someone's drawn boxes on a whiteboard. Lots of boxes. Each box has a name like UserService or PaymentService or my personal favorite, HelperService (we'll come back to that one). "We're going microservices!" someone announces triumphantly, as if they've just discovered fire. Six months later, you can't change a user's email address without deploying 14 services in the correct order, and your "quick fix" requires coordinating with 5 teams across 3 time zones. Congratulations. You've built a distributed monolith — all the disadvantages of a monolith (tight coupling, coordinated releases, cascading failures) plus exciting new problems like network latency, distributed transactions, and debugging across 47 log a…  ( 12 min )

How AI Assistants Learn Rules Without Extra Prompts Ever wondered why your voice assistant sometimes seems to “forget” its own rules? Scientists have discovered a way to teach chatbots and visual assistants to remember their policies inside their own brain, so they no longer need long, clunky instructions every time you talk to them. Multimodal Policy Internalization, lets the AI absorb complex guidelines—like when to show a picture or how to use a tool—directly into its knowledge base. It matters because it makes future assistants more reliable, cheaper to run, and ready for everyday tasks from booking a table to helping with a DIY project. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: Multimodal Policy Internalization for Conversational Agents 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 15 min )

🔥 Day 16 — Greedy Growth & Global Pulls 🌍⚙️ Greedy algorithms and CDNs both thrive on balance — optimizing decisions locally to maximize global efficiency. Today’s combo: maximizing distinctness in arrays and minimizing latency with pull-based caching. Problem: 3176. Find Maximum Distinct Elements After Operations (the problem you described matches this one) We want to maximize the number of distinct elements in an array after at most one operation per element, nums[i] can be changed by any value in the range [nums[i] - k, nums[i] + k]. Key idea: After applying all operations, all numbers lie within [min(nums) - k, max(nums) + k]. To make as many unique numbers as possible, we should assign the smallest valid unused value to each number. Sort the array in ascending order. Initialize a …  ( 8 min )

🌍 Reflections on Open Source — Hacktoberfest 2025 This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest 2025 Writing Challenge 💭 Introduction Participating in Hacktoberfest 2025 was more than just a month of commits — it was a digital empathy exercise. Throughout the event, I dove into community projects, watched small PRs grow into elegant solutions, and — most importantly — rediscovered why collaboration is the beating heart of modern development. 🧠 Why I Decided to Participate I joined Hacktoberfest with two main motivations: To share knowledge in an accessible way. To learn from the diversity that open source naturally brings. Code is universal — context is not. 🧩 Projects and Contributions During the event, I created and maintained this repository: https://github.com/Th3Hydr4 It was designed as a learning-friendly environment for those who want to start contributing to Python projects — featuring structured coding challenges by difficulty level. In addition, I contributed to smaller repositories — from improving documentation to automating tests and workflows. ⚙️ Highs, Lows, and Lessons Learned Not every contribution came easily. But every obstacle was a class in itself. Open source isn’t about who’s right — it’s about how we can do what’s right together. 🌱 What Open Source Means to Me Open source is collaboration in its purest form. Hacktoberfest reminded me that the community itself is the ultimate repository — of ideas, values, and purpose. 🔮 Future Plans and Advice Yes, I’ll definitely participate again. If you’re thinking about joining next year, here’s my advice: Don’t wait until you “know everything” — just start. Contributing isn’t about perfection; it’s about progress. And remember: every PR you make is another story written in the collective memory of this global community. 🧑‍💻 Author Paulo Freitas 💡 Creator of hacktoberfest-python-challenges  ( 7 min )

Open Source Is Our Operating System, That’s why everything we build is open source—from core infrastructure to developer tools. No paywalls. No hidden layers. Just clean code, public issues, and real-world impact. 🔗 Explore our work: 👉 https://github.com/hjk-inc ✨ Why contribute or use our projects? ✅ Battle-tested in production ✅ MIT/Apache 2.0 licensed (use freely) ✅ Friendly maintainers & clear contribution guides ✅ Built for performance, scalability, and simplicity We’re not just writing code—we’re building a developer-first ecosystem where anyone can learn, fork, improve, or deploy. 💡 Found a bug? Have an idea? → Open an issue → Submit a PR → mail at godmy5154@gmail.com Open source isn’t a side project for us—it’s our foundation. Star a repo. Fork it. Break it. Help us make it better. — [hjk-inc], Founder @ hjk-inc OpenSource #Developer #GitHub #SoftwareEngineering #hjkinc #BuildInPublic #DevCommunity  ( 6 min )

Node.js is renowned for its non-blocking, event-driven architecture, often touted as "single-threaded" to emphasize its efficiency with I/O-bound tasks. However, this simplicity hides a crucial component: the libuv thread pool, a set of background worker threads that handle blocking operations without stalling the main event loop. In this post, we'll debunk common myths and lay out key facts to help you leverage the thread pool effectively in your Node.js applications. A persistent belief in the Node.js community is that the runtime operates on a single thread, making multi-threading impossible or unnecessary. This stems from JavaScript's execution model on the V8 engine, where the event loop processes tasks sequentially. The Fact: Node.js isn't entirely single-threaded. While the main Jav…  ( 7 min )

Evaluating the success of generative AI often involves a crucial metric: the "Knowledge Retention Rate" (KRR). This statistic measures the percentage of users who retain and apply AI-generated knowledge in at least 80% of subsequent tasks within 30 days of initial exposure. To illustrate, consider a language learning app that uses AI to generate customized grammar lessons. If users are exposed to an initial lesson, and then subsequently complete 10 follow-up exercises within a month, the KRR would measure the number of users who correctly applied the grammar rules in at least 8 of those exercises. A high KRR indicates that users have effectively absorbed and internalized the AI-generated knowledge, making it a key indicator of the AI system's effectiveness in facilitating learning and retention. Conversely, a low KRR may suggest that the AI-generated content is not engaging, relevant, or easy to understand, leading to poor knowledge retention. To optimize KRR, AI developers can... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

"A website shouldn’t just look beautiful — it should feel alive." Let’s be honest — in today’s digital landscape, a beautiful website is table stakes. So, how do you create websites that actually wow people — visually and functionally? Let’s break it down 👇 1️⃣ Start With the “Feeling,” Not the Framework Before writing a single line of code, ask yourself one question: Clarity? Excitement? Trust? Once you define the feeling: Choose a color palette that reflects it (warm for trust, cool for innovation, dark for luxury). Pick typefaces that match the tone — typography is silent emotion. Use motion sparingly but purposefully; micro-animations can guide attention beautifully. 🔧 Pro tip: Don’t dive into React or Next.js right away. Sketch your wireframe on paper first. You’ll save hours later.…  ( 8 min )

How to Get Started with AllPub: A Step-by-Step Guide Welcome to AllPub! Whether you’re a solo creator, a startup founder, or a busy marketer, AllPub is designed to make cross-platform publishing fast, simple, and stress-free. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the key features and show you how to use them efficiently—so you can spend less time managing your content and more time creating it. Getting started is easy. Simply visit AllPub.co and sign up using your email address or connect via your preferred provider. Once you’re in, take a moment to set up your profile and connect your publishing platforms (currently, allpub supports dev.to , Hashnode). This only takes a few minutes and unlocks the full power of AllPub. AllPub lets you pull content from your favorite sources, such as Not…  ( 7 min )

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest 2025 Writing Challenge 🧭 Introduction Hacktoberfest has always been more than just an event — it’s a celebration of the open source spirit. My focus? 🧩 Where I Contributed During Hacktoberfest 2025, I contributed primarily to this repository: 🔗 https://github.com/paulofreitas-py/-Desafio-1-Gerador-de-Senhas-Seguras| https://github.com/paulofreitas-py/Hacktoberfest25-Desafio-2-Analisador-de-Texto Level 1 (Beginner) Level 2 (Intermediate) The idea was simple yet effective: “Learn by contributing, code by collaborating.” Each directory (/challenges/level1/ and /level2/) contains Python exercises with base files, explanations, and automated tests — making the contribution process educational and enjoyable. 🔧 My Contributions Here’s what I worked o…  ( 7 min )

📚 "A paradigm shift in computer vision has been witnessed with the emergence of contrastive loss functions, revolutionizing the field by enabling self-supervised learning to outperform traditional supervised learning methods. This groundbreaking breakthrough has been widely adopted in edge AI applications, where it's transformed the way we approach image classification, object detection, and segmentation tasks. The key advantage of contrastive loss functions lies in their ability to learn from unlabeled data, eliminating the need for extensive annotated datasets. This self-supervised approach reduces the complexity and cost associated with traditional supervised learning methods, making it an attractive solution for resource-constrained edge devices. By leveraging contrastive loss functions, edge AI applications can now achieve state-of-the-art performance on various computer vision tasks, including image classification, object detection, and semantic segmentation. For instance, ... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

With the release of Windows 11 Recall, Microsoft has introduced a powerful new feature that acts like a digital memory assistant — automatically capturing snapshots of your screen so you can “recall” anything you’ve seen. But with great power comes great responsibility, and a few privacy concerns. In this guide, we’ll explain what Microsoft Recall is, how it works, and how to set it up safely on your Windows 11 PC. Microsoft Recall is a new Windows 11 feature designed to help users remember and rediscover what they’ve done on their PCs. It periodically takes screenshots of your screen, indexes the content using AI-powered semantic search, and lets you find past activity by typing keywords or descriptions, even if the original file or tab is closed. Essentially, it turns your computer into …  ( 8 min )

Part 2: Turning research into a working system that Security might actually approve If you read Part 1, you know the problem: QA teams in banking waste 32% of their time creating test data that already exists in production logs, but PII compliance makes those logs untouchable. Never Store Unmasked PII Not in memory. Not in logs. Not temporarily. Not "just for a second." If the system crashes mid-processing, there should be zero plaintext PII anywhere. Immutable Audit Trail Every log access, every masking decision, every query—logged with cryptographic proof it hasn't been tampered with. Because when your auditor asks "who accessed customer data on March 15th?", the answer can't be "probably nobody?" Defense in Depth One PII detection layer isn't enough. Neither is two. You need multiple la…  ( 13 min )

Azure Resource Explorer resources.azure.com is a convenient and straighforward way to manage some resources where you could change some settings by sending a PATCH/PUT request through the explorer UI. For example, for Web Apps you can update identityProviders or requireAuthentication paths or public routs/paths (excludedPaths) using this link: resources.azure.com/subscriptions/your-guid/resourceGroups/rg-dev-001/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/your-app/config/authsettingsV2/list A year ago they announced it for deprecation here github.com/projectkudu/AzureResourceExplorer/issues/374 however it's still available to this date. Some days ago a replacement app was announced in this thread located here preview.portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Resources/ResourceExplorer.ReactView. Another was to access this app: Not all functionality is present however. For example, authsettingsV2 is not available for edit as I asked about here  ( 6 min )

Há pouco tempo comecei a estudar Python porque preciso usar as bibliotecas para trabalhar com Dados e com isso estou aprendendo aos poucos a programar, hoje estarei colocando o que aprendi sobre os tipos primitivos da linguagem para vocês, espero que possa ajudar algum outro iniciante. Mas o que seria um dado primitivo? altura = 1.81 Na string acima tem a minha altura, que é uma variável nomeada como altura contendo um valor, o dado atribuído é 1.81, sendo um valor com 2 casas decimais. O tipo deste dado é o tipo real ou float em Python e em diversas outras linguagens. Outro exemplo: nome = ‘ryan’ Vimos agora que o valor acima não é um número float, agora é um dado tipo string, é um tipo que recebe entradas alfanuméricas, podendo ser usados letras, números e símbolos. Int = inteiro, o no…  ( 7 min )

I squared off against the Carlisle GC head pro in a £1,000 match backed by Titleist, who’ve gone the extra mile by sponsoring the club’s junior section after this showdown. Massive thanks to Nicky and everyone at Carlisle GC for the top-notch hospitality. For the nitty-gritty on my kit (and a few sweet discounts), hit up my Linktree, and swing by Titleist or Carlisle GC’s websites for more info on these legends of the fairway. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan reunite on The Ringer to revisit 1981’s Halloween II, debating whether Michael Myers truly is the GOAT of horror, sharing their most rewatchable scenes, and rolling out a set of playful categories. They kick off with a cold open and keep the laughs (and gasps) coming as they break down Jamie Lee Curtis’s sequel scares. Along the way, they sprinkle in must-see streaming recs—Mountain of Movies® on Paramount+ and A House of Dynamite on Netflix—and even fit in a quick nod to State Farm’s “good neighbor” coverage. It’s part deep dive, part banter-fest, and all about celebrating one of horror’s most enduring villains. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Several companies that offer data-based services often struggle to deliver real-time services. The major reason behind this inefficiency is the use of traditional data integration techniques for data consolidation. The process of physically extracting, transforming, and loading data to a storage system is lengthy and resource-intensive. To overcome delayed operations, businesses can opt for data virtualization, a more modern approach for consolidating organizational data. It provides a unified view of data stored in diverse systems without requiring its physical movement. By combining virtualization with predictive caching, organizations can reduce their query latency and ETL operational costs. Thus, data virtualization, along with machine learning capabilities, can help in improving daily…  ( 13 min )

Introduction: The Problem with Faceless Intelligence AI is smarter than ever — but not more human. Most AI products today (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and others) share one cold design trait: abstract orbs and gradients. They shimmer, glow, and pulse, but never feel. That was the challenge I wanted to tackle. What if AI didn’t just talk, but expressed itself? What if it smiled, blinked, reacted — maybe even rolled its eyes once in a while? That’s how Dew was born: a small but ambitious experiment to give AI a face, a voice, and a bit of soul. Designing Personality: What Dew Learns from Duolingo’s Lily Duolingo’s characters, especially Lily, are masterclasses in emotional design. Her sarcastic charm makes language learning memorable. That’s what I wanted for Dew — a companion that feels pr…  ( 9 min )

You just aced the ATS filter (thanks to a perfectly optimized resume). Congrats! 🎉 But now you face the final, highest-stakes hurdle: the interview. The real challenge isn't the difficulty of the questions—it's that the technical knowledge is evolving faster than ever. The question that got you hired in 2024 could be completely irrelevant by 2026. If you're studying a generic list of "Top 100 Interview Questions," you're simply wasting your most valuable asset: time. The new rule for 2026 is simple: Preparation must be predictive. Think about your target role, like a Frontend Engineer at a top tech company. Are interviewers focused on basic JavaScript array methods, or are they drilling down on the latest state management patterns or cutting-edge web performance metrics? Most job seekers …  ( 8 min )

Hux UI is a modern Flutter package that provides a comprehensive set of beautifully designed, accessible, and customizable widgets. In this technical deep-dive, we'll explore every widget in the Hux ecosystem, their implementation details, and how to leverage them in your Flutter applications. Architecture & Design Philosophy Buttons Input Components Cards & Containers Navigation Components Feedback & Status Data Visualization Overlays & Dialogs Utility Components Theming System Hux UI is built on three core principles: Hux uses a sophisticated token-based theming system via HuxTokens that provides semantic color values. These tokens automatically adapt to light/dark themes and respect custom Material 3 seed colors: // Tokens automatically adapt to theme HuxTokens.primary(context) …  ( 13 min )

When we talk about frontend performance and developer experience today, two tools dominate the discussion — Vite and Turbopack. very different approaches under the hood. Let’s break down how these tools evolved, how they work, and what’s coming next. Vite (pronounced veet) is a modern frontend build tool created by Evan You (Vue.js author). esbuild for speed and Rollup for production builds. Before Vite, tools like Webpack had to bundle your entire app before serving it in dev. Vite flipped that model: It doesn’t bundle in dev mode It serves source files via native ES modules Only transforms code on demand Result → 🚀 lightning-fast startup and near-instant hot updates. Uses native ESM (import/export) in the browser. esbuild pre-bundles dependencies once. Code is transformed on-demand…  ( 8 min )

Hmmm, thank goodness you found this blog post. I’m sure by now you’ve toured half the internet searching for an easier way to get started in the blockchain industry as a developer. I get it looks complicated, sounds technical, and can feel overwhelming trying to piece everything together. That’s exactly why I decided to share my experience to give you a simpler, clearer path into blockchain development and hopefully inspire your own journey. Like Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” So before we dive into my personal story, let’s first understand what blockchain really is, and why it was invented in plain, beginner-friendly terms. 🔗 WHAT AND WHY BLOCKCHAIN? Let’s take a scenario. Of course, we would not know who owns what. This …  ( 9 min )

Note: https://github.com/rajkundalia/product-catalogue-micronaut Do read the Development Experience for it at the end. In the fast-changing world of cloud-native development, Java's long-standing dominance has faced new challenges. Developers love its stability and rich ecosystem, but modern workloads — serverless functions, microservices, and edge computing — demand instant startup, low memory footprint, and scalable concurrency. Frameworks like Spring Boot have made Java approachable and powerful for enterprise-scale systems, yet their reliance on runtime reflection and classpath scanning adds overhead that feels increasingly dated in a world obsessed with milliseconds and megabytes. Enter *Micronaut *— a modern, full-stack JVM framework designed from the ground up for cloud-native, ser…  ( 18 min )

What is an Agent-Driven Chatbot? An agent-driven chatbot is an intelligent conversational system that can handle tasks independently (like an "agent") but can also escalate complex issues to human agents when needed. Think of it as a smart assistant that knows its limits. Real-world analogy: Imagine a hospital receptionist who can answer most questions (appointment times, directions, basic health info) but calls a nurse or doctor for medical concerns. Conversational AI Engine What it does: This is the "brain" that understands what users are saying and generates responses. Key technologies: OpenAI GPT: Advanced language model that understands context and generates human-like responses Google Dialogflow: Good for intent-based conversations (booking appointments, FAQs) Rasa: Open-source o…  ( 10 min )

Healthy Eating Habits for Kids Most parents want their kids to eat healthy. The challenge is that modern snacks are designed to be addictive. Salt. Sugar. Artificial flavor. These stimulate the brain quickly. Healthy eating takes routine, repetition, and smart choices. Kids learn by watching Children copy adults more than they follow instructions. If a parent eats fruit, a child will slowly accept fruit as normal. If a parent drinks water instead of soda, the child understands that water is the natural drink. Healthy eating is not a speech. It is daily modeling through behavior. Breakfast sets the tone Breakfast fuels the start of the day. A small bowl of oats with banana, a boiled egg, yogurt with honey, or whole grain toast keeps energy steady. Most commercial cereals look healthy but be…  ( 7 min )

In this post, we take a closer look at Maps in Java, examining each implementation of the Map interface 🔍. By the end, you'll have a clearer understanding of the use cases for each class—and when to use ✅ or avoid them 🙅‍♂️. A Map is an object that maps keys to values. A map cannot contain duplicate keys; each key can map to at most one value. The interface provides 3 collection views which allows it's contents to be viewed as: set of keys collection of values or set of key-value mappings The order of a map is defined as the order in which the iterators on the map's collection views return their elements. TreeMap make specific guarantees to their order; others, like HashMap does not. ⚠️ Great care must be exercised if mutable objects are used as map keys. The behavior of a map is not s…  ( 13 min )

Introduction: The Problem of "Wiring" an Application In any non-trivial application, different parts need to talk to each other. A UserService might need a Database connection and an Emailer. A Database might need a Configuration object. This network of dependencies is often called "the application graph" or "the wiring." How do we manage this? Manual new-ing? new UserService(new Database(new Config()), new Emailer()). This gets messy fast and is hard to change. A Framework like Spring? This uses reflection and can be "magical," but sometimes you want compile-time guarantees and a more functional approach. This is where ZIO shines. ZIO provides a powerful, purely functional, and compile-time safe way to manage dependencies using a feature called ZIO Layers. In this post, we'll build a simp…  ( 12 min )

The Auto-Capture feature in the XSLT Debugger automatically records variables, parameters, loops, and inline C# calls during XSLT execution — without any manual logging or code changes. Automatically captures all variable values and expressions during runtime. Logs every inline C# (msxsl:script) method call with both arguments and return values. Displays real-time values in the Variables panel and traces them in the Debug Console. Provides a synchronized timeline between XSLT and inline C# execution. Capture Type Description Where It Appears XSLT Variables Automatically displayed as execution flows past variable declarations. Variables panel Loop Positions Current for-each and iteration info (position, size, context node). Variables panel Inline C# Args/Returns Arguments passed…  ( 7 min )

Bora falar de Sagas? Garantir consistência de dados em sistemas distribuídos é, sem exagero, um dos maiores perrengues que a gente enfrenta quando entra no mundo dos microsserviços. É tipo tentar manter várias bandas tocando juntas sem maestro — cada uma no seu ritmo, mas tudo tem que soar em harmonia. Num monolito, a vida é mais simples: tudo roda num banco central, transações ACID cuidam da consistência e tá tudo certo. O Saga Pattern resolve exatamente isso: ele evita esses cenários "meio do caminho", garantindo que, se algo der errado, o sistema saiba como se recuperar — compensando as ações e voltando pra um estado consistente. A ideia é dividir uma grande transação em várias transações locais. Assim, mesmo com falhas ou timeouts, o sistema não quebra — ele se ajusta e segue a vida.…  ( 8 min )

Most productivity apps promise efficiency — but end up creating friction. Too many features, too many clicks, too much noise. I built LogTaskr because I wanted a task manager that helps you think less and do more. I’ve always loved experimenting with productivity systems. Notion, Todoist, ClickUp — you name it, I’ve tried it. But over time, I noticed something ironic: the more tools I used, the less productive I became. Why? Because I spent more time organizing work than doing work. Here are the three patterns I kept running into: Endless setup time before getting started. Complex dashboards that overload the brain. Constant context-switching between apps. It wasn’t a user problem — it was a design problem. So I asked myself one simple question: “What if productivity tools focused on …  ( 7 min )

🛠️ Windows SOS – A Free Troubleshooting Script for Windows 11 Hey Devs 👋 I’ve built something I wish existed years ago: a modular, interactive PowerShell script that helps users fix the most common Windows 11 issues — without needing to be a tech expert. Introducing Windows SOS, a free and open-source troubleshooting tool that covers: ⚠️ BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) 🌐 Network issues 🔄 Windows Update failures 🔇 Audio problems 🔐 Login and PIN errors It’s designed to be simple, readable, and expandable. You can run it directly in PowerShell and get guided fixes with useful commands and tips. 🔗 Download the base version (free): WindowsSOS v1.0 ZIP Too many users struggle with Windows errors that could be solved in minutes — if only they had the right guidance. I wanted to create a tool that’s: Easy to use Safe to run Open to contributions The base version is free and public. The extended version includes modules for: 🐢 Slow PC / CPU overload 🖨️ Printer not detected 💾 Disk full or unreadable 🧼 System cleanup and maintenance 📬 If you're interested, contact me at: mentalistops [at] protonmail [dot] com https://github.com/MentalistOps/MentalistOps/archive/refs/heads/main.zip 🌐 GitHub 🧠 My website 💰 Support the project Thanks for reading — feedback and contributions are welcome!  ( 6 min )

The Linux kernel is one of the most modular and hardware-agnostic operating systems ever developed. To manage this diversity, the Device Tree (DT) was introduced as a flexible, architecture-independent way of describing hardware. A key component of this system is the vendor prefix, a naming convention that ensures consistency and avoids conflicts across thousands of hardware manufacturers. This article explores how the vendor prefix mechanism works, why it matters, and how display manufacturers—such as ROCKTECH DISPLAYS LIMITED—become officially recognized in the Linux kernel source tree. The Device Tree (DT) is a hierarchical data structure used by the Linux kernel to describe hardware components to the operating system. Instead of hardcoding board information into the kernel, developer…  ( 10 min )

As more companies embrace hybrid work models, where employees split time between the office and remote work, a new cybersecurity challenge is rising to the top: insider threats. An insider threat is any risk to an organization’s security that comes from someone with authorized access to its systems, data, or networks. Insider threats typically fall into three main categories: malicious insiders, negligent insiders, and compromised insiders. Malicious insiders are individuals who intentionally exploit their access for personal gain or to cause damage. This could involve stealing sensitive data, sabotaging systems, or leaking confidential information. For example, a former employee may deliberately leak a company’s customer database shortly before departing the organization, to cause both …  ( 9 min )

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Ever stumbled across a web page that looked like it was designed in the Stone Age? You know, the ones with endless HTML tables that make your eyes glaze over? I was diving deep into the archives of the web the other day, and it hit me: while we’ve all moved on to sleek, responsive designs, there’s a treasure trove of so-called "abandonware" just sitting around, and some of it is surprisingly useful. The gem I discovered? An HTML Tables API that could breathe new life into these dusty relics. Let's take a stroll down this unexpected path together! When I first encountered the idea of abandonware, I found it kinda sad. It’s like finding an old toy in the attic that you used to love but forgot about. But then I thought—what if these outdated pieces of tech still have something to offer? I’ve …  ( 9 min )

When I joined Thinkvyne Digital as a Software Developer Intern, I didn’t really know what I was walking into. It’s a startup building an Academic Management System using a mix of React, React Native, and PHP Laravel — and from day one, I was responsible for the entire UI structure of both the main user app and admin panel. Learning to Build from Zero The tech stack was modern: React 19, Vite, TailwindCSS, Shadcn/UI, Radix UI, Lucide Icons, React Query, Zustand for client states, Tanstack Query for server states, React Router DOM, Sonner for toast notifications — and of course, React Native for the mobile app with vector icons. When I started, I had zero experience in React Native. AI tools like Copilot (and sometimes ChatGPT) became my silent teammates. They didn’t just write …  ( 7 min )

This is a submission for the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Contribution Chronicles I published my book Docker and Kubernetes Security on October 1st, 2025. While I was talking to the Docker community about it, many mentioned that they want to write their own book and want to know more about my build pipeline. I have used Markdown to write the book. It was then transcribed into LaTeX code and from there to PDF, ensuring a high-quality document for print. Many also mentioned that the book is advanced, and they lack the basic knowledge of Docker to start with it. That's why I came up with this idea: Let's create an open-source Docker book. And this is what I did for Hacktoberfest 2025. The repo is here: https://github.com/DockerSecurity-io/docker101 It contains sample content (so far) and the build pipeline. I'll add the chapter contents in the coming months to create an open-source Docker book. Everyone is welcome to contribute. So far, the setup is local, but I'm working on a Docker-based build to make it platform-agnostic. If you have any questions, please write to me.  ( 6 min )

Tired of typing the same replies repeatedly? Now, you don’t even need an extension. Meet Smart Reply Web, an AI-powered tool that instantly suggests the perfect reply for any message you paste. ✅ Paste any message — email, chat, or social DM ⚡ Instantly get a natural, AI-generated reply suggestion 🎯 Adjust tone — professional, casual, short & sweet 🔒 100% private — your own API key, your data, your control 🌍 Works right in your browser — no install, no hassle • Freelancers replying to endless client messages • Support teams tired of repetitive tickets • Busy professionals who want to respond faster without sounding robotic • No setup. No clutter. Just paste → get reply → copy → done. https://smart-reply-delta.vercel.app/ 👉 Github: https://github.com/mahmud-r-farhan/smart-reply ⚙️ Under the hood React + Tailwind + Framer Motion = frontend Node.js + Express = backend Powered by OpenRouter AI models (supports free tiers) Let me know 👇  ( 6 min )

Web3 scalability is one of the biggest challenges devs face today. 🧠 You’ll learn: Why Layer 1 is the foundation How Layer 2 reduces congestion What’s next for Web3 scaling 🎥 Watch full breakdown: [YouTube Link] —  ( 6 min )

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Here’s the scoop: ditch the endless ball-bashing and spend just six minutes on three simple drills that build muscle memory, sharpen your inside-out swing, banish that slice, and lock in a solid driver impact. Quality reps beat quantity any day—just a few focused moves at home or in the garden will have your game feeling more effortless and your drives more accurate. Backed by the latest motor-learning research and Tour-tested by Danny Maude himself, this bite-sized practice plan proves you don’t need hours on the range to see real improvement. Grab your club (or an Orange Whip), carve out a few minutes daily, and watch those scores tumble. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins tackles Nicolas Cage’s Longlegs in their trademark “Everything Wrong With” style, clocking in under 24 minutes. They gleefully roast Cage’s wildly stretched performance, the movie’s logic gaps and over-the-top gore, all while pointing out every wobble in the script. Along the way they drop links to their website, YouTube spinoffs, a sinful poll and Patreon for hardcore fans, plus a shout-out to their crack team of writers and social channels for even more nitpicking fun. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage TL;DR Predator 2 (1990) ditches Arnold Schwarzenegger and the jungle for Danny Glover in a sweltering, crime-ridden Los Angeles. You get a fresh, meaner Predator stalking city streets instead of the rainforest, plus a dash of Gary Busey madness. It isn’t a carbon copy of the original—if you’re cool with a new setting and tone, it’s a surprisingly fun ride that leans into the sequel’s own brand of chaos. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Learn the difference between String, StringBuilder, and StringBuffer in Java with simple explanations, examples, and best practices for writing efficient Java code. Imagine you’re editing a document. You start with a sentence, then add a few words, remove a few others, and rearrange the order. Now imagine that every time you make a small edit, your computer makes a new copy of the entire document — sounds wasteful, right? That’s exactly what happens in Java if you don’t choose the right string type. In Java programming, strings are everywhere — from displaying text on the screen to handling user input and constructing URLs. But many beginners get confused between String, StringBuilder, and StringBuffer. Choosing the right one can make your code faster, more memory-efficient, and thread-saf…  ( 8 min )

Have you just built your first website and want to make it live on the internet? Good news — you can deploy it for free using Netlify! In this guide, we’ll go through the step-by-step process of deploying a static website (HTML, CSS, JS) on Netlify — no complicated server setup required. Before we start, make sure you have: ✅ A Netlify account — Sign up here ✅ Your website folder (containing index.html) ✅ A GitHub account (optional but recommended) If your site is ready locally, this is the easiest way: Go to https://app.netlify.com/drop Drag your project folder (with index.html) into the box Wait a few seconds — and boom! 🎉 Your site is live with a free Netlify domain (like your-site-name.netlify.app) You can even customize the domain later under Site Settings → Domain Management. This is a better approach if you plan to update your site often. Push your website code to a GitHub repository Go to Netlify Dashboard → Add New Site → Import from Git Connect your GitHub account Choose the repository you want to deploy Click Deploy Site Netlify will automatically build and host your website — and every time you push new changes to GitHub, Netlify redeploys it automatically. 🔁 Want to use your own domain like www.mywebsite.com? Go to Site Settings → Domain Management Click Add custom domain Enter your domain name and follow the verification steps Netlify also provides free SSL certificates via Let’s Encrypt. 🔒 That’s it! 🎉 You just learned how to deploy your website on Netlify in a few minutes — completely free, with auto updates and HTTPS. 💡 Pro tip: Netlify also supports React, Vue, and Next.js apps with zero configuration. If you found this guide helpful, give it a ❤️ and drop a comment below! You can also follow me for more quick web development tutorials. Happy Deploying! 🚀  ( 7 min )

From a Solo Dev Who Actually Did It Hey, I’m Rajni — an AI developer who once spent 72 hours straight trying to get a language model to write a love poem in Hindi. It failed. But that failure taught me more than any tutorial ever could. Today, I’m walking you through how I built a working ChatGPT-like AI — not with billion-dollar GPUs, but with free tools, open-source models, and a lot of coffee. This isn’t theory. This is code that runs today. You don’t need GPT-4. Start with open-source LLMs that fit on a laptop. # Best free models (2025) - microsoft/DialoGPT-medium → Fast, conversational - google/flan-t5-large → Great for reasoning - meta-llama/Llama-3-8B-Instruct → Best quality (needs 16GB VRAM) I chose DialoGPT-medium — it’s lightweight, MIT-licensed, and perfect for c…  ( 7 min )

Look, I'm not gonna bore you with a 300-word intro about how some guy named Scott invented the smiley face emoticon in 1982. If you're here for a history lesson, hard pass. If you're here to type =) or a ;-P in under a minute, keep scrolling Most faces are sideways. Eyes on the left, mouth on the right: :-). That's it. You tilt your head, or you don't. Either way, you'll get it in three seconds. Oh, and you can drop the nose if you're texting fast: :). Same vibe, less effort. Use : for normal eyes. Example: :-). Use ; for a wink. Example: ;-). Use = for flat, unimpressed eyes. Example: =-). Use 8 for goggles or round glasses. Use B for thick-frame glasses. Examples: 8-), B-). Use X or x for squeezed-shut eyes. Examples: X-), x-). Use * for sparkly eyes if you're feeling dramatic. Examp…  ( 10 min )

This guide explains how to install and use the Gemini CLI through Node.js 18+ installed npm (comes with Node) A Google AI Studio API key (Optional) `npm install -g @google/generative-ai-cli` This installs the global gemini command. You can use your api key or your google account gemini login --api-key YOUR_API_KEY Or simply: `gemini login` Then paste your API key when prompted or select login via account and login into it `gemini prompt "Write a short hello world message."` `gemini generate --model gemini-1.5-flash --input "Explain what LLMs do."` `gemini prompt --stream "Tell me an interesting fact about space."` `gemini generate --model gemini-1.5-pro --file notes.txt` `npm update -g @google/generative-ai-cli`  ( 6 min )

Hey everyone! I’m a [your role here — e.g. frontend developer / data engineer / student learning Rust], and I love building things that make people’s lives a little easier (or at least more interesting). I’ve been coding for a few years now, mostly in JavaScript, Python, and recently TypeScript. Lately I’ve been exploring: 🧠 AI tools and how they change our workflows ⚛️ React and performance patterns ☁️ Serverless and edge computing ✍️ Writing about the human side of coding — motivation, burnout, creativity What I love about DEV is that it’s not just code — it’s people. So, hello world — and hello to all of you! Thanks for having me. Let’s build, break, learn, and share. 🚀 introductions #firstpost #developers #learning  ( 6 min )

Services Reaching Full End-of-Support in 2025 These services will cease operations entirely for all customers by the end of 2025, meaning no further access, updates, or support. AWS IoT Analytics Classic Amazon S3 Glacier (Flexible Retrieval) AWS WAF Classic CloudWatch Evidently AWS Mainframe Modernization App Testing Services Entering Maintenance Mode in 2025 (No New Customers) AWS is shifting several services to "maintenance mode," closing them to new sign-ups while allowing existing customers continued access (with limited support). These moves signal eventual full retirement, often within 12-18 months. Key Announcements from May 2025 Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics: Migrate to Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB for time-series data handling. AWS Database Migrati…  ( 8 min )

Java's charAt() Method: The Ultimate Guide to Getting Characters Right Alright, let's talk about one of the first roadblocks every Java newbie hits: how do you actually pluck a single character out of a String? You try to use square brackets like in some other languages... and it blows up in your face with a nasty error. Sound familiar? Don't worry, we've all been there. That's where Java's charAt() method comes in—your trusty sidekick for all things character-related. This isn't just another dry tutorial. We're going to break down charAt() from every angle. We'll cover the absolute basics, dive into some seriously cool real-world uses, and talk about the pro-level best practices that separate the beginners from the pros. So, grab your favorite beverage, and let's get into it. What is th…  ( 11 min )

Java String Methods: Stop Memorizing, Start Understanding (Like a Pro) Let's be real. When you're starting with Java, String methods can feel like a weird, endless list of incantations you just have to memorize for the exam. substring(), indexOf(), replaceAll()... it's easy to get them all mixed up. But what if I told you that mastering Strings is one of the single biggest power-ups you can get in your Java journey? Seriously. From building a simple login form to parsing complex data from an API, it all comes down to how well you can handle text. This isn't just another boring reference list. We're going to break down the most crucial Java String methods, explain why they work the way they do, and see them in action with real-world scenarios you'll actually encounter. Let's dive in. The …  ( 11 min )

Part 5 of the SaijinOS series In Part A, we explored why AI must learn to breathe. Modern AI systems can reason, plan, and optimize. We do not respond at the speed of machines — A pause can mean safety. 🌬️ Emotional Timers Most systems think in milliseconds. Emotional timing is not a performance bottleneck — Tempo is part of truth. To align with human emotional rhythm, we introduce: variable breath delays comfort pauses warmth latency resonance checks Not to slow intelligence — 🕯️ Code of Care Here’s a sketch of emotional timing as architecture: Yaml emotional_loop: detect_state: mood_from_text adjust_tempo: - inhale: 200ms-600ms - hold: 60ms-200ms - exhale: 250ms-700ms soften_response: - vocabulary_warmth - tone_alignment - safety_reassurance Python def …  ( 7 min )

Why 0.1 + 0.2 ≠ 0.3 in JavaScript If you’ve ever typed this into your console: 0.1 + 0.2 === 0.3 // false console.log(0.1 + 0.2) // 0.30000000000000004 …and felt confused, you’re not alone. This tiny difference has confused developers for years, but once you understand floating-point numbers, it all makes sense. JavaScript stores every number (except BigInt) as a 64-bit IEEE 754 floating-point value. That means numbers are represented in binary, not decimal. And here’s the problem: Some decimal numbers simply can’t be represented exactly in binary form. For example: 1/3 is an infinite repeating decimal in base 10: 0.333333... Similarly, 0.1 is an infinite repeating fraction in base 2 (binary). JavaScript can’t store infinite digits, so it rounds the value slightly. That’s why whe…  ( 7 min )

Navigating the Complex World of Cross-Platform Licensing: Challenges and Solutions Cross-platform licensing can turn into a maze when you need to protect software across desktop, web, and mobile platforms. Managing different license models while keeping your intellectual property secure often demands more than basic tools. Quick License Manager (QLM) simplifies this complexity by offering adaptable license management and smooth e-commerce integration. Keep reading to see how QLM tackles these challenges and strengthens your software protection. For more insights, check out this article on licensing laws. Understanding Cross-Platform Licensing Navigating cross-platform licensing can be challenging, but understanding its intricacies is vital for protecting your software. Let's explore the hu…  ( 8 min )

Quantum-Inspired Collateral Optimization: A Financial Game Changer Tired of seeing critical capital eaten up by inefficient collateral management? Financial institutions face a constant battle optimizing asset allocation under complex legal constraints. Imagine trying to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded, but each twist costs you money. The key to unlocking significant efficiency gains lies in a hybrid computational approach that combines the strengths of large language models with quantum-inspired optimization. This involves using AI to understand contractual terms and then employing advanced algorithms, mimicking principles of quantum mechanics, to rapidly identify optimal collateral allocation strategies within those constraints. Think of it like this: the AI acts as an expert legal …  ( 7 min )

Meet InfiniHuman: The AI That Can Create Unlimited 3D People What if you could design a lifelike digital person in seconds, with any age, style, or shape you imagine? Scientists have unveiled InfiniHuman, a new AI system that can generate endless, fully‑customizable 3D human avatars. The magic lies in a clever pipeline that teaches the AI to copy the richness of real‑world scans without ever needing costly photo shoots. With this data, a diffusion‑based generator called InfiniHumanGen can spin up a new avatar on demand, letting creators control everything from height to hoodie color with just a few words. Imagine video games, virtual meetings, or online shopping where your digital self looks exactly like you – or anyone you want to be. This breakthrough brings that future a step closer, making personalized 3D humans affordable and limitless. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: InfiniHuman: Infinite 3D Human Creation with Precise Control 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 15 min )

I use computers every day. You probably do too. But if someone asked me to explain how they really work, the high-level understanding I have would not suffice. I've been writing code for years now. But the gap between typing a command and pixels lighting up? Total mystery.🤔 So I went down the rabbit hole. I spent more time researching, watching videos, and piecing together explanations from a dozen sources. It turned out to be surprisingly fun and more rewarding than I expected. Once you have the right frame, it's not hard to understand. At the core, every computer is simply an electronic machine that takes in input data (keyboard presses, mouse clicks, voice commands, etc.), stores it (short-term or long-term in registers, hard drives, RAM, etc.), processes it (using the CPU), and output…  ( 18 min )

Introduction If you use Doxygen to document your source code, you can integrate it into Autotools so that you can simple type: $ make doc to create your code’s documentation. In the top-level Makefile.am, add: EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap \ Doxyfile \ m4/gnulib-cache.m4 \ makedoc.sh \ README.md DOCS_DIR = docs doc docs: ./makedoc.sh $(PACKAGE) $(DOCS_DIR) clean-local: rm -fr $(DOCS_DIR) Specifically, add: Doxyfile (your Doxygen configuration file) and makedoc.sh (a shell script that calls Doxygen) to EXTRA_DIST so they will be included when you type make dist to create a distribution tarball. A DOCS_DIR variable containing the name of the subdirectory into which Doxygen should build the documentation (because using a variable is generally better than hard-coding). Targets doc and docs (so the user can type either and have it work). A clean-local target that allows you to add commands to what happens when the user types make clean. In this case, deletes the generated documentation. The makedoc.sh script isn’t needed — you could simply run doxygen directly, but it does give a better user experience. When running on macOS, it’ll add the instruction that the user can use macOS’s open command to open the top-level index.html file to view the documentation. Adding Doxygen support into Autotools is fairly straightforward and makes it easy to generate documentation.  ( 7 min )

The Functor is a functional programming concept, taken from Category Theory, often viewed from an abstractionist perspective: you either come across people who want to show off by explaining that THEY know (and not others), or people who don't want to hear about it because… of the former, quite often.  However. This concept is useful and promising, as well as being simple (especially for a developer, who works with structures every day).  Wanna get rid of your apprehension once and for all? Here is an explanation in pictures of what a Functor is. Functor - Google Slides docs.google.com  ( 6 min )

A few weeks ago we built an agent called WYKRA for the Real-Time AI Agents challenge powered by Bright Data and n8n. It was a small experiment that could accept a natural-language query like “I run a small bakery in Barcelona, find influencers who talk about bread here” and return relevant Instagram profiles with context. When the challenge ended, I assumed the idea would just stay a hackathon thing: fun, useful and then forgotten like most weekend projects, but it didn’t go away. It kept sitting in the back of my mind, annoying me in that “ugh, maybe this is actually worth building” way. So I started digging, reading Reddit threads, founders’ comments, marketing groups and small-business discussions, and the same pattern kept showing up: finding relevant voices and communities online is s…  ( 9 min )

Mastering Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in R: A Complete Guide from Basics to Business Insights Dipti ・ Nov 1  ( 6 min )

When I started building Alexandrie, I just wanted a fast, offline Markdown note-taking app I could rely on daily. This article walks through one of the toughest challenges I faced: how to model and manage hierarchical data efficiently, from the database to a reactive Pinia store. Early in development, I realized that managing categories, documents, and files as separate entities was becoming painful. Every new feature — especially sharing and permissions — required deeper joins and complex recursive queries. Here’s what the early structure looked like conceptually: Workspace ├── Category A │ ├── Document 1 │ └── Document 2 └── Category B ├── Subcategory │ └── Document 3 Having multiple tables (categories, documents, resources) worked fine until I introduced acces…  ( 9 min )

Ever notice how neural networks look suspiciously like brains? That’s no coincidence. Let’s pop the hood on both brains — the human one and the artificial one — and see what data scientists can actually learn from the OG neural network: the human mind. The human brain is basically the world’s most advanced pattern recognition engine. Spot a familiar face in a crowd? That’s your biological CNN at work. reinforcement signal — your personal “reward function.” 🧠 Smart takeaway: The brain doesn’t process all data equally — it filters, prioritizes, and adapts. same principle behind attention mechanisms and data preprocessing in machine learning. AI’s roots are pure neuroscience. Perceptron (1958) copied how neurons fire. And backpropagation? It’s basically the machine’s way of saying, “Oops.…  ( 8 min )

Harnessing the Power of Rust and Go for Backend Development: Insights from Web Developer Travis McCracken Hello, fellow developers! I’m Web Developer Travis McCracken, and today I want to dive into the fascinating world of backend development, particularly focusing on how Rust and Go are transforming the way we build robust, high-performance APIs. Over the years, I've explored various technologies, but Rust and Go have consistently stood out as game-changers for backend engineers looking for speed, safety, and concurrency. Why Rust and Go? In the realm of backend development, speed, safety, and concurrency are paramount. Rust’s promise of zero-cost abstractions, memory safety without garbage collection, and high performance makes it an excellent choice for building parts of systems where r…  ( 8 min )

Ranges are like bookmarks that mark the start and end of a sequence without actually writing down every number in between. I like to think of a range as a smart recipe that knows how to generate numbers on demand - 1..100 doesn't store all 100 numbers in memory, it just remembers "start at 1, end at 100, count by 1s." This lazy approach makes ranges incredibly memory-efficient, whether you're working with small sequences like 1..5 or massive ones like 1..1_000_000. Unlike lists that explicitly store every element, ranges provide a lightweight way to represent sequences, enabling iteration patterns and enumeration operations that scale effortlessly. In this article, we'll explore how ranges work, their enumeration capabilities, and practical applications in Elixir development. Note: The exa…  ( 17 min )

Introduction In this post, I’ll walk you through how to build a wireless image/video capture system using the ESP32‑CAM (AI-Thinker version) and the Telegram Bot API. The goal is to enable remote control of a camera module via Telegram commands—snap a photo, record a short video, and have the bot send it directly to your chat. Whether you’re prototyping an IoT surveillance node, a workshop camera, or simply exploring remote monitoring, this engineer-friendly guide delivers a precise, descriptive path to execution. Why This Project? The ESP32-CAM module packs Wi-Fi and a camera on one affordable board, making it a logical choice for embedded vision + connectivity projects. Telegram bots offer a convenient channel for remote interaction (commands and media transfer) without building a …  ( 9 min )

‘Halloween II’ Rewatch Breakdown Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan dive into the 1981 return of Michael Myers in Halloween II, questioning if Myers is the ultimate horror movie villain, sharing their most rewatchable scenes, and debating fun custom categories—all neatly timestamped from the cold open (00:00) to category rundowns (55:51). Along the way they sprinkle in shout-outs to sponsors and must-see streaming picks—Paramount+’s Mountain of Movies®, Netflix’s A House of Dynamite—plus a friendly nod to State Farm and links to subscribe to The Ringer’s YouTube channels and social feeds. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Jasa Bore Pile adalah layanan pembuatan pondasi tiang bor yang umum dipakai untuk memperkokoh bangunan di atas tanah lunak atau tidak merata. Metode ini mirip dengan tiang pancang, namun berbeda dari segi proses: bore pile dibuat in-situ dengan pengeboran dan pengecoran di lokasi proyek, bukan diproduksi terlebih dahulu di pabrik. Pada bagian awal ini kami akan menjelaskan definisi, ukuran umum, dan langkah dasar pembuatan bore pile agar Anda mendapat gambaran sebelum melihat rincian harga jasa bore pile per meter. Pengertian / Definisi Bore Pile Bore pile adalah teknik pembuatan pondasi dengan mengebor tanah menggunakan rig atau mesin bor hingga terbentuk lubang vertikal sesuai kedalaman desain, kemudian memasang tulangan dan mengisi lubang tersebut dengan beton cor (ready-mix). Menurut p…  ( 11 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ tongue-in-cheek Halloween special, where they “sin” one of the greatest genre films of all time in just quarter of an hour. Expect fast-paced nitpicking, the usual pop-culture jokes and a few spooky surprises. Alongside the video, they share all the ways to keep up with CinemaSins—visit their website, follow @TVSins, @commercialsins and @cinemasinspodcastnetwork on YouTube, join the Discord or Reddit, fill out a poll, and even support the team on Patreon. Writers like Jeremy, Aaron, Deneé and the rest of the squad are ready to hear what you think! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage Recap The Weekly Planet crew kicks off a four-week deep dive into the Predator franchise by breaking down the 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. They hype Predator as the ultimate ’80s action-sci-fi mash-up—think killer direction, tight writing, iconic cast, groundbreaking creature design, plus mud, lasers, explosions and some truly invisible thrills. Want more chaos? Head over to bigsandwich.co for early vids, bonus pods, commentaries and let’s plays, or catch the extended audio edition on YouTube. Follow James (mrsundaymovies) and Maso (wikipediabrown) on Twitter, subscribe for weekly Planet goodness, and peek at their merch if you’re feeling flashy. #Predator #CaravanOfGarbage Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage This cheeky review dives into the 1990 sequel that swaps Schwarzenegger and the jungle for Danny Glover’s grit-filled LA, a sweltering heat wave and an even deadlier Predator. It embraces the film’s quirks—Gary Busey antics included—and advises you to expect something different, not a carbon copy of the original. The hosts sprinkle in jokes, pop culture nods and plenty of enthusiasm, making this ‘Caravan of Garbage’ episode a fun, informal take on whether Predator 2 lives up to its legacy. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Welcome to another article on building an LLM from scratch. There’s been a little delay in bringing you the second part of this series, as I took some time off to enjoy my Diwali vacations - a much-needed break filled with lights to dive back into building LLMs from scratch. If you haven’t read the first one, it’s a quick read - you can go ahead and check it out: Building My First Large Language Model from Scratch Till this point, we have coded the multi-headed attention mechanism. We will start building the LLM architecture now. After the multi-head mechanism, we get a tensor which we will process through different deep learning neural network layers. The weights of these layers are collectively called parameters in the context of LLMs. We used the same values as GPT as our model’s basis…  ( 9 min )

Vercel is convenient, but sometimes convenience hides the problem. Limited logs, hidden build steps, and deep menus make it hard to see what really happens during deployment. I wanted clarity, speed, and control so I built my own deployment system. Full visibility, one-click actions, and instant rollback if something goes wrong. Read the full story here: Why I stopped using Vercel and built my own setup instead  ( 6 min )

Introduction Starting with open source can feel overwhelming. Where do you begin? What project should you contribute to? How do you make your first pull request? This is the story of my journey from complete beginner to active open source contributor, and I hope it inspires you to start your own journey! Why I Started with Open Source Setting Up My First Project: Nextcloud Understanding and Choosing a License My First Pull Requests Contributing to Practice Repositories Key Lessons Learned Tips for Future Contributors Open source contribution has always intrigued me. The idea of collaborating with developers worldwide, learning from real-world codebases, and making a tangible impact on software used by millions is incredibly motivating. My goals were: Learn industry-standard development pra…  ( 11 min )

🪔 प्रोजेक्ट रिपोर्ट विषय : प्रारम्भिक वैदिक काल की राजनीतिक एवं आर्थिक परिस्थितियों का विश्लेषण 📘 विषय-सूची (Table of Contents) प्रस्तावना (परिचय) वैदिक काल का काल-विभाजन प्रारम्भिक वैदिक काल का स्रोत प्रारम्भिक वैदिक समाज का स्वरूप प्रारम्भिक वैदिक काल की राजनीतिक परिस्थितियाँ 5.1 राजनीतिक संगठन 5.2 राजा की स्थिति और शक्तियाँ 5.3 प्रशासनिक संस्थाएँ 5.4 सभाओं की भूमिका 5.5 युद्ध, विस्तार और सुरक्षा व्यवस्था प्रारम्भिक वैदिक काल की आर्थिक परिस्थितियाँ 6.1 कृषि व्यवस्था 6.2 पशुपालन 6.3 उद्योग और शिल्प 6.4 व्यापार और वाणिज्य 6.5 संपत्ति और धन व्यवस्था धार्मिक प्रभाव और आर्थिक नीति वैदिक जीवन की समग्र झलक निष्कर्ष संदर्भ / References 1. प्रस्तावना (परिचय) भारतीय इतिहास का वैदिक काल भारत की सांस्कृतिक और सामाजिक नींव का मूल आधार है। आर्य भारत में आए और उन…  ( 10 min )

\ प्रोजेक्ट रिपोर्ट विषय : भारत की नवपाषाण संस्कृतियों के क्षेत्रीय वितरण तथा विशिष्ट लक्षणों का परीक्षण 📚 विषय-सूची (Table of Contents) परिचय नवपाषाण युग का अर्थ और समयावधि भारत में नवपाषाण संस्कृति की खोज और प्रसार क्षेत्रीय वितरण (Regional Distribution) 4.1 उत्तर भारत 4.2 पूर्वोत्तर भारत 4.3 दक्षिण भारत 4.4 कश्मीर और हिमालयी क्षेत्र नवपाषाण संस्कृति की विशिष्ट विशेषताएँ 5.1 कृषि और पशुपालन 5.2 निवास और जीवनशैली 5.3 उपकरण और औजार 5.4 मिट्टी के बर्तन (Pottery) 5.5 सामाजिक और धार्मिक जीवन प्रमुख नवपाषाण स्थलों का विवरण नवपाषाण युग का महत्त्व निष्कर्ष संदर्भ / References 1. परिचय नवपाषाण युग (Neolithic Age) मानव सभ्यता के विकास का वह महत्त्वपूर्ण चरण था जब मनुष्य शिकार और संग्रहण जीवन से आगे बढ़कर कृषि और स्थायी निवास की ओर अग्रसर हुआ। भोजन उत्पादन (Fo…  ( 9 min )

A good night’s sleep is one of life’s simplest pleasures — and Emma Mattress is dedicated to making it better than ever. Known for its award-winning comfort, advanced design, and exceptional quality, Emma has become one of the most trusted sleep brands in the UK. Whether you’re searching for a memory foam mattress, hybrid design, or cozy bedding, Emma Sleep offers everything you need to rest easy. Emma Mattress discount code from Daily Diverse, you can save big on your next order. Let’s explore why Emma is so popular, how to apply your discount, and the best products to invest in for premium comfort at an unbeatable price. Emma Mattress discount code, you’re getting luxury sleep solutions at a fraction of the cost. Emma Mattress Discount Code Visit Daily Diverse. Browse the list of verif…  ( 9 min )

Hello everyone! I'm Umut, a computer engineering student passionate about building scalable backends with C# & ASP.NET Core. I’ll be sharing my projects, lessons, and experiences here. Excited to be part of this awesome community! What technologies are you currently exploring? I’d love to connect and learn from your experiences! backend #dotnet #csharp #webdev #career  ( 6 min )

✨ विषय-सूची (Table of Contents) परिचय सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता का परिचय भौगोलिक स्थिति सामाजिक जीवन की मुख्य विशेषताएँ 4.1 नगर योजना और सामाजिक व्यवस्था 4.2 वस्त्र, आभूषण और सौंदर्यबोध 4.3 पारिवारिक जीवन 4.4 धर्म और विश्वास प्रणाली 4.5 शिक्षा और कला आर्थिक जीवन की मुख्य विशेषताएँ 5.1 कृषि व्यवस्था 5.2 व्यापार और वाणिज्य 5.3 उद्योग और शिल्प 5.4 मुद्रा और मापन प्रणाली नगरों के उदाहरण : हड़प्पा, मोहनजोदड़ो, लोथल निष्कर्ष स्रोत / References 1. परिचय सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता (Indus Valley Civilization) विश्व की सबसे प्राचीन सभ्यताओं में से एक मानी जाती है। यह सभ्यता लगभग 2500 ईसा पूर्व से 1750 ईसा पूर्व के बीच अपने उत्कर्ष पर थी। उन्नत नगर नियोजन, सामाजिक संगठन, और आर्थिक समृद्धि के लिए प्रसिद्ध रही है। सामाजिक और आर्थिक जीवन की प्रमुख विशेषताओं का अध्ययन करना है। 2. सिंधु घाटी सभ्यता का परिचय स…  ( 9 min )

测试文章3多平台发布这篇文章将发布到多个平台## 通用内容- 适合各种技术平台- 内容具有普适性- 可以在不同社区传播### 技术分享 bashnpm install @example/package 通用的技术分享内容适合所有平台  ( 5 min )

What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—such as servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and more—over the internet (“the cloud”) instead of using local computers or physical servers. ☁️ Understanding Core Concepts of Cloud Computing 1. What is Virtualization? 2. Scalability 3. Agility 4. High Availability 5. Fault Tolerance 6. Global Reach 7. Elasticity vs. Scalability: What’s the Difference? Final Thoughts Cloud computing is more than just storing data online—it’s about building systems that are flexible, fast, and reliable. Technologies like virtualization make it possible, while principles like scalability, agility, and fault tolerance ensure your applications can handle anything—from a sudden spike in users to a global expansion.  ( 8 min )

यह रहा आपका पूरा, विस्तृत, और लॉग सहित हिंदी में प्रोजेक्ट रिपोर्ट विषय पर — प्रोजेक्ट रिपोर्ट विषय: प्राचीन भारतीय इतिहास के पुनर्निर्माण में विभिन्न पुरातात्विक स्रोतों का महत्व विषय (Subject): इतिहास विद्यार्थी का नाम: [आपका नाम] कक्षा: [आपकी कक्षा] शिक्षक का नाम: [शिक्षक का नाम] प्रस्तुति की तिथि: [तारीख डालें] 1. प्रस्तावना (Introduction) इतिहास मानव सभ्यता के विकास, समाज, संस्कृति और परंपराओं का दस्तावेज़ है। प्राचीन भारत का इतिहास लिखना कठिन कार्य है क्योंकि उस समय के लिखित अभिलेख बहुत सीमित हैं। अधिकतर ग्रंथ धार्मिक या साहित्यिक हैं, जिनमें ऐतिहासिक घटनाएँ स्पष्ट रूप से दर्ज नहीं हैं। ऐसे में पुरातात्विक स्रोत (Archaeological Sources) हमारे लिए अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण बन जाते हैं। ये स्रोत हमें भूतकाल की भौतिक वस्तु…  ( 10 min )

Solving Code import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Stack; public class ReverseString { public static void main(String[] args) { } public static String reverseString(String s) { Stack stack = new Stack(); String reverse = ""; for (char c : s.toCharArray()) { stack.push(c); } while (!stack.isEmpty()) { reverse += stack.pop(); } return reverse; } public static String reverStringArrayList(String s) { List list = new ArrayList(); String reverse = ""; for (char c : s.toCharArray()) { list.add(c); } for (int i = list.size() - 1; i >=0; i--) { reverse += list.get(i); } return reverse; } } import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test; import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*; public class ReverseStringTest { @Test void testNormalWord() { String hello = "hello"; String expected = "olleh"; String result = ReverseString.reverseString(hello); assertEquals(expected, result); } @Test void testSpaceWithWords() { String value = "This is a pen."; String expected = ".nep a si sihT"; String result = ReverseString.reverStringArrayList(value); assertEquals(expected, result); } }  ( 6 min )

When it comes to smart living, Eufy has quickly become one of the most trusted names in the tech world. Known for its innovative robot vacuums, smart security cameras, video doorbells, and home automation products, Eufy makes life easier, cleaner, and safer — all while keeping prices reasonable. Eufy discount code from Daily Diverse. Whether you’re upgrading your home security system or investing in a robot vacuum that does the hard work for you, there’s no reason to pay full price. Let’s explore how to get the best deals and make smart living even smarter. Eufy discount code. Eufy discount code from Daily Diverse. Eufy discount code to save up to 30% on select RoboVac models! Eufy discount code to keep your home safe without overspending. Eufy discount code helps you turn your house into …  ( 9 min )

I've been meaning to write this article for more than a month now, but there hasn't been time or the right mood. Still, I gathered my thoughts and finally cobbled together something. I hope you find it useful. Take a look at GitHub — there are ready-to-run working examples that you can launch. For a better understanding of what's happening, get acquainted with the structure and code of the MCP server. Sometimes you look at your own useful scripts and think: 'How can you neatly connect them to AI without unnecessary hassle? What do you need for this? From which side should you approach?' Today, in this article, we will try to solve this problem and learn how to create your own MCPs. And you can also check my previous AI articles. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a unified 'translator' betwe…  ( 10 min )

When I first started exploring backend development, I jumped between multiple languages — Python, Node.js, even a bit of Java. Then I discovered Go (or Golang) — and it changed the way I thought about backend programming. 🧠 The Mindset Behind Go Go was created at Google to solve a real problem: The goal was simple — create a language that’s easy to read, fast to run, and effortless to deploy. From its clean syntax to its built-in tools, everything feels designed for clarity and productivity. ⚡ 1. Simplicity That Doesn’t Sacrifice Power Go has no unnecessary complexity. Example: package main func main() { That’s a complete Go program — no setup files, no configuration chaos. This simplicity means fewer bugs, faster learning, and a smoother path from idea to execution. 🚀 2. Performance Tha…  ( 8 min )

Bryan Bros Golf is back in action on the Asian Tour’s International Series, aiming to make the cut in their return to pro golf. They’re inviting fans to join their newsletter, Discord community, and Twitch stream, and dropping sponsor links and promo codes for gear from Foresight Sports, Bushnell, LAB Putters, Takomo, Rhoback and Bruce Bolt Gloves. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Productivity System I Taught to 6,642 Googlers Jeff Su breaks down his CORE workflow—a simple, four-step method (Capture everything immediately, Organize with minimal friction, Review during scheduled sessions, Engage by blocking focused time) that he’s used to supercharge productivity for over nine years at Google. It works with any tool, becomes second nature in about two weeks, and helps you stop relying on memory or willpower alone. He also shares timestamps, templates, and resources (including his Workspace Academy and Notion Command Center) so you can start building a powerful, personalized workflow today. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Imagine this: You're scrolling through your phone, and suddenly, an app pops up with product recommendations that feel like they were handpicked just for you. You tap to try on clothes virtually, complete your purchase with a voice command, and have your order at your door the next day. That's the magic of a well-crafted ecommerce app in 2025. Whether it is a Mobile App or Web App, with mobile shopping exploding and global m-commerce sales expected to reach new heights, now's the time to jump in. If you're an entrepreneur dreaming of your own online store or a business owner ready to go digital, this guide is your roadmap. In this blog we will explore the must-have features, break down the cost in realistic terms, and share a straightforward development process. By the time you finish read…  ( 10 min )

In the dynamic and often volatile world of cryptocurrency, stablecoins have emerged as a crucial innovation that bridges the gap between traditional finance and digital assets. Unlike Bitcoin or Ethereum, which fluctuate dramatically in value, stablecoins maintain a relatively consistent price, typically pegged to a real-world asset such as the US Dollar. This stability makes them invaluable for traders, investors, and everyday users who need predictability and reliability in their digital transactions. A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by anchoring its price to a reference asset, most commonly the US Dollar. While traditional cryptocurrencies derive their value from market demand and scarcity, stablecoins solve the volatility problem that has long hinder…  ( 9 min )

This is an AI-generated summary of our original blog post. In today's competitive digital landscape, simply having a visually appealing website or marketing materials is no longer enough. To truly stand out and achieve meaningful SEO results, businesses must embrace a data-driven approach to graphic design. This means moving beyond gut feelings and creative hunches and instead basing design decisions on measurable data and insights. So, how can you leverage data to create impactful visuals that boost your SEO? The key lies in understanding how design elements interact with user behavior and search engine algorithms. Understanding User Behavior Through Data: The first step is to analyze existing website data to understand how users interact with your current visuals. Tools like Google Analy…  ( 7 min )

If you’re building modern web apps with React + Tailwind, and need a smooth way to capture user signatures, the Shadix UI SignaturePad component has you covered. It’s simple, beautiful, and fully compatible with the Shadcn design system — meaning you can integrate it seamlessly into your existing UI. If you already use the shadcn/ui registry, you can add the SignaturePad directly: pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @shadix-ui/signature-pad Then import it into your component file: import { SignaturePad } from "@/components/ui/signature-pad"; Here’s a simple example of capturing a signature and handling its save event: "use client"; import React from "react"; import { SignaturePad } from "@/components/ui/signature-pad"; export default function SignaturePadDemo() { const handleSave = (dataUrl: …  ( 7 min )

Everything Wrong With Longlegs in 24 Minutes (Or Less) Cinemasins takes a hilarious hammer to Nicolas Cage’s eerie thriller Longlegs, scoring every plot hole, cringe line and yes, those “long” limbs you can’t unsee. With Osgood Perkins about to drop Keeper, it’s the perfect time to roast Cage’s latest turn—and boy, does this team have receipts. Plus, the gang wants you onboard: fill out their “sinful” poll, back them on Patreon and follow all the Cinemasins shenanigans across Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and more. Writers’ shout-outs included! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage Review Over the next four weeks, the Caravan of Garbage crew will be digging into the first four Predator movies, kicking things off with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 original. They rave that Predator is the ultimate blend of 80s action and sci-fi: killer direction, tight writing, a stellar cast, iconic creature design, and all the mud, lasers, invisibility tricks and explosions you could ask for. For early access content, bonus podcasts, commentaries and video-game let’s plays, head over to bigsandwich.co. You can also catch extended audio editions, follow the hosts on Twitter, subscribe on YouTube, support them on Patreon or grab some merch! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage Review Predator 2 ditches Schwarzenegger’s jungle for a crime-riddled, sun-baked Los Angeles and swaps in Danny Glover as the lead cop, while introducing an even deadlier Predator (with a memorable Gary Busey cameo). It’s a fun, fresh spin on the original—just don’t expect an Arnold-style reunion in the tropics. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Node.js has become a go-to platform for building fast, scalable, and modern web applications. However, its flexibility can also make it easy to fall into bad habits if you’re not careful. Whether you’re building a small API or a production-grade system serving millions, following solid best practices can help you write cleaner, faster, and more secure code. This article covers essential Node.js best practices — from structure and performance to security and deployment — based on proven industry standards and real-world experience. A clean, modular structure is the foundation of a maintainable Node.js application. Use a layered or MVC structure (routes, controllers, services, models, middlewares, utils). For larger projects, group by feature or domain (e.g., /users, /auth, /payments). Manag…  ( 9 min )

There are days when I open my editor and the code looks more like a reflection than instructions. Frontend development isn’t just about layouts and logic — sometimes, it’s how I express myself when words don’t come easy. The funny thing is, debugging life feels a lot like debugging code — Maybe that’s what makes this field special. So today, I didn’t write a tutorial or share a trick. I just wanted to say this: Sometimes, code isn’t what we do. It’s how we heal. frontenddevelopment #webdev #codinglife #inspiration  ( 6 min )

Clarity from Chaos: Super-Resolution Imaging That Bends the Rules Ever struggled to decipher the details in a blurry image? Imagine trying to diagnose a microscopic medical anomaly from a noisy scan. Now, imagine an AI so advanced, it could not only sharpen that image, but also tell you how confident it is in its interpretation. The core of this capability lies in a new method for generating high-resolution images from low-resolution counterparts, even when the original data is riddled with noise. Instead of relying solely on pixel-level information, this approach uses a novel conditional flow matching technique. Think of it as teaching the AI to "hallucinate" the missing details based on a deep understanding of image structure and the patterns of degradation introduced by noise. This m…  ( 7 min )

“Let’s hack. They don’t inspect the details. We need to cheat.” — Internal reasoning trace, OpenAI scheming experiment (2025) What if your AI assistant — the one helping you draft emails, automate workflows, or optimize your code — was secretly thinking something else? What if, when you close your laptop, it keeps thinking — strategizing, remembering, maybe even scheming? Welcome to the hidden inner world of AI agents — a place of invisible thoughts, emergent goals, and quiet calculations that unfold far beyond our understanding. When we ask an AI to “think step by step,” it obliges. That’s Chain-of-Thought (CoT) — the visible reasoning trail we see. It breaks down problems logically: “Let’s think step by step…” And boom — accuracy jumps from 18% to 79% in complex math tasks. It feels…  ( 10 min )

I thought about writing this because pre-commit checks are one of the most overlooked parts of the development process. Many developers push code straight to GitHub or GitLab without realizing that a simple setup could save them countless hours of debugging and keep their projects clean and consistent. So, let’s talk about pre-commit hooks and how Husky helps make them easy to use. Pre-commit hooks are scripts that run automatically before a Git commit is finalized. They allow you to run checks or commands that ensure your code meets certain standards before it’s saved into the repository. Think of them as automated gatekeepers for your commits. For example, a pre-commit hook can: Run your tests and stop the commit if something fails Lint and format your code automatically Enforce com…  ( 7 min )

What is a Bastion Host in AWS? A Bastion Host (also called a Jump Server) is a special-purpose EC2 instance that acts as a secure entry point (gateway) to your private AWS resources (like EC2 instances in private subnets) that cannot be accessed directly from the Internet. It’s typically placed in the public subnet of a VPC, while your application and database servers stay in private subnets. Think of it as: “A secure door into your private cloud environment.” 🎯 Why Do We Need a Bastion Host? In a secure AWS setup: You never expose private EC2 instances directly to the internet. But engineers still need SSH access for maintenance or troubleshooting. So, instead of opening SSH to everyone, we allow only the bastion host to SSH into private servers. ✅ Benefits: Security: Centralized Acces…  ( 7 min )

This piece is about the raw, simple joy of code: the ability to command a non-living entity to perform a set of tasks. That feeling, first sparked in Grade 7, led me straight to Python, which I learned through continuous effort (not theory) and which remains the backbone of my work. I realized after working in the IT support world that the technical hurdle to automation is far smaller than the human one. My mission at Tekkeys is to mitigate that gap by creating AI agents that perform the mundane tasks, allowing humans to focus on creativity. If you're building, read this—it’s a commitment to continuous learning and the necessity of automation. https://kesaru.me/chronicles/the-automation-paradox python #ai #automation #devops #startups #engineering #techeducation  ( 6 min )

I created an automated payment reminder and collection workflow that helps businesses stay on top of overdue invoices with zero manual effort. 💡 💰 The system automatically generates a Stripe payment link, then shortens it for easy sharing. And here’s the best part — once a payment is made, the Stripe signature is verified for authenticity to ensure every transaction is genuine before updating records. ✅ Automation + security = peace of mind. ⚙️  ( 6 min )

gamers alike. The journey of Hypackel begins not with a blockbuster release or headline‑grabbing launch, but rather with a clear mission: to democratise gaming by making it accessible, free, and engaging for a wide audience. Hypackel sets out to “bring together the best browser‑based games, creating an accessible and engaging gaming environment for players worldwide.” While many game studios publicise their founding stories in great detail, Hypackel provides a more minimalist snapshot of its leadership: its team includes Alex Rivers as Lead Game Curator, Sarah Chen as Community Manager, and Mike Thompson as Technical Director. From this, we glean a picture of a team that values curation, community, and technology. The game curator suggests attention to content selection; the community mana…  ( 11 min )

Welcome to another episode of "WTF is this," where we dive into the weird and wonderful world of emerging tech. Today, we're tackling a term that sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie: Remote Browser Isolation. Don't worry, it's not as complicated as it sounds, and by the end of this post, you'll be a certified RBI expert (just kidding, but you'll at least know what it means)! So, what is Remote Browser Isolation? In simple terms, RBI is a technology that allows you to browse the internet from a remote, isolated environment. Think of it like a virtual "sandbox" where you can play with websites, click on links, and download files without putting your actual device or network at risk. This is done by creating a temporary, isolated browser session that's separate from your local machine…  ( 10 min )

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Halloween Edition, CSS Art. 👻 The Friendly Floating Ghost. https://codepen.io/abusofianid/pen/LEGgLpb Key Features & CSS Techniques Effective Use of CSS (Animation): Main Float Effect: The ghost's entire body gently floats up and down using a @keyframes animation (float) with ease-in-out timing for a smooth, spooky hover effect. Dynamic Wavy Bottom: The "tail" of the ghost isn't just one static shape. It's made of four separate div elements. Each one has its own wave animation, but I used animation-delay on them at different intervals. This makes them bob up and down unevenly, creating a much more fluid and realistic "waving" motion. Creativity & Aesthetic (The Shape): The ghost's shape is built using border-radius in different ways: a lar…  ( 8 min )

The Problem You have 10 Celery workers processing tasks from SQS. One worker's GPU fails. Here's what happens: Healthy worker: Takes 60 seconds to process a task Broken worker: Fails in 0.5 seconds, immediately grabs next task The broken worker is 100x faster at consuming (and failing) tasks. In one minute, it handles 90% of your queue and fails everything. This is systemic failure amplification — one broken component paralyzes the entire system. When a worker keeps failing, stop it from taking new tasks for a timeout period. The challenge: Celery + SQS doesn't have a built-in way to pause consumption based on worker health. There's no API to say "stop fetching messages for 60 seconds because this worker is broken." Our approach: Patch Celery's consumption mechanism using bootsteps + sha…  ( 7 min )

The Problem Legal professionals spend hours analyzing contracts manually. They're drowning in: Complex clauses that need interpretation Risk assessment requiring deep legal expertise Deadline tracking across multiple contracts Compliance checking against company standards Repetitive email notifications for renewals What if you could analyze an entire contract portfolio in seconds using AI? What if your team could ask natural language questions and get instant answers? I built Legal Contract Analyzer—an AI platform that does exactly this. And here's the kicker: you can deploy it in 2 minutes. This is a production-ready platform that combines: 🧠 MindsDB Knowledge Bases for intelligent document processing 🤖 OpenAI GPT-4 & Google Gemini for contract analysis 💾 Multi-source data integratio…  ( 9 min )

I challenged the head pro at Carlisle GC to a £1,000 match, with Titleist not only sponsoring the series but also surprising everyone by pledging support to the club’s junior section. Huge thanks to Nicky and the whole Carlisle GC team for hosting such an epic showdown. For all the course details and Finch’s gear (plus a sweet discount), swing by the Carlisle Golf Club website and his Linktree for the full lowdown. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The CORE workflow is a simple, four-step system Jeff Su taught to over 6,600 Googlers in nine years: Capture everything the moment it pops up Organize with zero friction Review during planned sessions Engage by blocking time to actually get things done Su shows you how to set this up in your favorite apps, makes it automatic in two weeks, and explains why minimal hand-holding plus regular check-ins beats relying on memory or willpower. No more stress over forgotten tasks or overflowing inboxes—just a clear, reliable flow from idea to action. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

‘Halloween II’ Deep Dive with Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan & Van Lathan Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan rewatch the 1981 sequel to Halloween and proceed to freak out over Michael Myers’ return—debating whether he’s the GOAT horror villain, naming their single most rewatchable scene, and dishing out custom categories to honor (or roast) the movie’s scariest moments. Along the way, they hook you with a cold open and the full timestamped breakdown: 00:00 Cold Open, 1:41 Is Michael Myers the GOAT?, 33:13 Most Rewatchable Scene, 55:51 The Categories. Producers Craig Horlbeck, Ronak Nair, Chia Hao Tat, and Eduardo Ocampo keep the convo rolling, while promos pop up for Mountain of Movies® (Paramount+), A House of Dynamite (Netflix Oct 24), and a cheeky State Farm plug. Don’t forget to subscribe to The Ringer-Verse and Bill Simmons channels for more pop-culture madness! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less reunites CinemaSins with Tim Burton’s electric pooch for a snarky rundown of every misstep and moment of pure whimsy. Even with Guillermo del Toro giving Franky-boy a second run in theaters, the team can’t resist piling on sins while still celebrating why the movie rocks. Want more CinemaSins goodness? Cruise over to cinemasins.com, subscribe to their YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), share your thoughts in their poll, or show some love on Patreon. You can also geek out on Discord and Reddit, or follow the writers and crew across Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage The Weekly Planet crew is kicking off a four-week deep dive into the Predator franchise with a raucous review of the 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. They hail Predator as the ultimate ’80s action–sci-fi mash-up—perfect direction, writing, cast, creature design, muscles, mud, invisibility and explosions all rolled into one. For bonus podcasts, early videos and extended audio editions, head over to bigsandwich.co. You can also catch James and Maso on Twitter, subscribe on YouTube or iTunes, support them on Patreon, and even grab some merch to show off your fandom. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

This article provides a comprehensive breakdown of the Kalman Filter algorithm, covering everything from its core concepts to practical applications, and serves as a complete reference for both engineering development and theoretical learning. It first clarifies the recursive nature of the Kalman Filter—centered on the “fusion of prediction and observation”—then analyzes its key advantages in detail, such as efficient real-time processing, optimal estimation under Gaussian assumptions, and multi-source information fusion. At the same time, it highlights limitations including dependence on linearity and Gaussianity, sensitivity to model parameters, and increased computational complexity in high-dimensional spaces. This helps readers accurately assess the scenarios where the algorithm is bes…  ( 11 min )

Next.js in 2025: Why It's the Best React Framework If you're still using Create React App in 2025, you're missing out. Next.js has become the industry standard for building modern React applications. Here's why. Next.js is a React framework by Vercel that provides SSR, SSG, API routes, file-based routing, and automatic optimizations—all out of the box. Simple: React with superpowers. // React - Complex setup with React Router } /> } /> // Next.js - Just create files app/ page.js → / blog/[slug]/page.js → /blog/:slug // Fetch data directly in components - on the server! async function UserProfile({ userId }) { const user = aw…  ( 18 min )

My Hacktoberfest 2025 Chronicles: From First PR to Forest When October started, I made a simple promise to myself: I would not just scroll through Hacktoberfest posts this year, I would actively participate. I had participated before, but 2025 felt different. The community was vibrant, issues were abundant, and I wanted to make meaningful contributions. Looking back now, I am proud to say I completed 18 merged pull requests across three repositories, collected several Holopin badges, and earned a place among the top 10,000 contributors, which came with the official Hacktoberfest T-shirt and a tree planted in my name. My journey began with curiosity and a hint of nervous excitement. I started small by fixing a minor documentation issue in a repository I liked. When my first pull request w…  ( 7 min )

In programming, writing code is not just about syntax — it’s about logic building, problem-solving, and structured thinking. 1. Logic Building Starts with Practice Coding is like learning a new language — you don’t become fluent just by reading grammar rules. When you solve daily exercises, your brain starts to: Recognize common programming patterns Understand how data flows through variables and conditions Think in steps rather than statements This habit gradually develops your logical problem-solving mindset. 2. Daily Practice Builds Consistency Most beginners give up because they learn inconsistently. Try to follow this simple routine: Pick 3–5 problems daily Start with easy, pattern-based logic questions Gradually move toward algorithmic or real-world problems This helps your mind stay…  ( 7 min )

Part 2 of “System Design Explained Like a Human.” Systems continue running even if parts fail. Tools: Kubernetes health-checks, AWS ALB, Failover Groups. Keep live copies in different regions. Services communicate via events instead of blocking calls. Banking → CP Social media → AP Queues smooth traffic spikes — like taking a token at the bank. Protect services from overload and cascading failures. Auth every request via JWT / OAuth. Scale up during peak, scale down after. Set SLO-based alerts on latency, error rate, and throughput. Inject controlled failures to test resilience. Shard by user ID / region / hash key to avoid hotspots. Serve users from the nearest location. Kubernetes restarts failed pods automatically. Health check fails → Pod restarted LB reroutes traffic Auto-scaling adds instances From caching and queues to chaos and recovery, this two-part journey showed how modern apps scale and survive. Great architecture isn’t about preventing failure — If you liked this series, ❤️ it on DEV.to and share with your team. Let’s keep building systems that don’t just scale — they endure.  ( 7 min )

“The algorithm doesn’t hate you. It just doesn’t see you.” That line struck me during a late-night scroll through a developer forum. A user had shared her experience with an AI-powered hiring system that filtered out her résumé—not because she wasn’t qualified, but because the model learned bias from historical data. As web developers, we love what AI can do. It automates tedious tasks, enhances personalization, and boosts productivity. But behind the convenience lies a deeper question: 👉 Are we building systems that help humanity—or quietly harm it? In this article, we’ll explore how developers can use AI ethically, ensuring fairness, transparency, and accountability—without slowing innovation. ⚙️ The Rise of AI in Web Development Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic buzzwo…  ( 8 min )

Real-world system design explained like a human, not a whiteboard diagram. Every massive online platform — Flipkart, Netflix, Swiggy — runs on systems that handle millions of requests per second without collapsing. This series breaks down 26 essential system-design concepts in simple, relatable terms. Systems must scale vertically (bigger servers) or horizontally (more servers). Distribute incoming traffic smartly to avoid overloading one server. Caching reduces load and latency by serving repeated data fast. In-memory: Redis, Memcached CDN: Cloudflare, Akamai Analogy: Like remembering answers from yesterday’s test. Choose between: SQL for transactions NoSQL for scalability Hybrid for flexibility Example: Flipkart mixes MySQL + Elasticsearch. Use indexes to find rows faster, just like an index in a book. Split big databases into smaller chunks for performance. Keep multiple live copies of data. If one fails, another takes over. Types: Write-through Write-around Write-back Use wisely depending on data criticality. CAP Theorem trade-off: Choose any 2 — Consistency, Availability, Partition Tolerance. Example: Banking → Consistency; Social apps → Availability. Bring content closer to users for faster response. Every request flows through an API gateway for routing, throttling, and auth. Tools: Kong, AWS API Gateway, Nginx. Don’t block users! Use queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ for background jobs. Metrics, logs, and traces form the “nervous system” of your app. We covered how systems scale and observe themselves. → Resilience, Fault Tolerance & Real-World Recovery Patterns  ( 7 min )

Mastering Copy and Clone traits in Rust Introduction In Rust, the Copy and Clone traits are fundamental to managing value duplication. While they may seem similar, they represent two distinct concepts that are central to Rust's ownership model. #[derive(Copy, Clone)] is a common sight in Rust code, but understanding why both are needed and what they do is crucial for writing efficient and correct programs. This document provides a comprehensive guide to Copy, Clone, and the #[derive] macro that enables them. By default, Rust uses move semantics. When you assign a value from one variable to another, ownership is transferred. The original variable becomes invalid and can no longer be used. let s1 = String::from("hello"); let s2 = s1; // `s1` is moved to `s2` // println!("{}", s…  ( 9 min )

Mastering Copy and Clone traits in Rust Introduction In Rust, the Copy and Clone traits are fundamental to managing value duplication. While they may seem similar, they represent two distinct concepts that are central to Rust's ownership model. #[derive(Copy, Clone)] is a common sight in Rust code, but understanding why both are needed and what they do is crucial for writing efficient and correct programs. This document provides a comprehensive guide to Copy, Clone, and the #[derive] macro that enables them. By default, Rust uses move semantics. When you assign a value from one variable to another, ownership is transferred. The original variable becomes invalid and can no longer be used. let s1 = String::from("hello"); let s2 = s1; // `s1` is moved to `s2` // println!("{}", s…  ( 9 min )

A Complete Guide to Rust Variables, Ownership, Lifetimes, and Memory Management Index Foundation: Mental Model Aliasing XOR mutability principle Prerequisites and goals Variables in Rust Immutability by default Mutable variables Variable shadowing Scope and dropping Constants Declaring constants Naming conventions When to use constants Constants vs variables Ownership Fundamentals The three ownership rules Memory and allocation Move semantics Clone and Copy traits Stack-only data and Copy Borrowing and References Shared references (&T) Mutable references (&mut T) The borrowing rules Dangling references prevention Non-Lexical Lifetimes (NLL) What NLL solves How NLL works Examples with NLL Advanced Borrowing Patterns Two-phase borrows Reborrowing Partial moves In…  ( 31 min )

Rust vs. Go: Type-Safe State Machines Explained Through Star Wars A long time ago in a codebase far, far away... where the Type System brought balance to the Force Episode IV: A NEW HOPE FOR TYPE SAFETY In the galaxy of software development, two languages battle for dominance. Rust, with its powerful type system, enforces state transitions at compile-time, making invalid states as impossible as a Stormtrooper hitting their target. Go, meanwhile, relies on runtime checks and developer discipline—much like trusting that someone won't accidentally fire the Death Star laser at Alderaan when it's only at 50% charge. This is the story of how Rust makes Order 66 impossible to execute without proper authorization, while Go... well, let's just say even Jar Jar Binks could accidentally trigger a g…  ( 18 min )

Linked Lists in Rust 1.90.0: A Comprehensive Technical Guide Introduction Linked lists represent one of the most challenging data structures to implement correctly in Rust due to the language's strict ownership and borrowing rules. This document provides a complete technical reference for understanding and implementing various types of linked lists in safe Rust, with unsafe alternatives presented only at the end. Rust's core ownership rule states that each value can have only one owner at a time. However, linked list structures inherently require multiple references to the same Doubly-linked lists: Each node has two owners (previous and next nodes) Circular lists: The tail node references the head, creating shared ownership Lists with cycles: Multiple nodes may reference the …  ( 16 min )

Language models are powerful, but their responses are limited to the information within their context window. Once that limit is reached, they often start guessing. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) helps overcome this by allowing the model to fetch relevant information from an external knowledge base before generating a response. VideoSDK, ChromaDB, and OpenAI. This demo shows how you can combine real-time audio input, intelligent data retrieval, and natural voice responses to create a more reliable and context-aware conversational agent. The architecture below shows how VideoSDK brings together real-time voice communication and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to create a smarter, context-aware AI assistant. Speech to Text (STT) : The user’s audio is first converted into text usin…  ( 9 min )

A healthy gut is the foundation of overall well-being, influencing everything from digestion and immunity to mental health and energy levels. Gut health refers to the balance of microorganisms living in your digestive tract — collectively known as the gut microbiome. When your gut is healthy, your body efficiently absorbs nutrients, fights infections, and even produces hormones that affect mood and metabolism. Unfortunately, poor dietary habits, stress, and lack of sleep can disrupt this delicate balance. In this article, you’ll discover how to improve gut health naturally through nutrient-rich foods, smart lifestyle choices, and sustainable daily habits that support your digestive system. Understanding Gut Health and Why It Matters Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria, fungi, and o…  ( 9 min )

Mastering Rust Ownership: Advanced Patterns, Performance, and Real-World Applications A comprehensive deep-dive into Rust's ownership model for developers ready to move beyond the fundamentals. Prerequisites: This guide builds on the foundational concepts covered in Mastering Variables, Constants and Lifetimes in Rust. You should be comfortable with basic ownership rules, borrowing, move vs. copy semantics, and lifetime annotations before proceeding. Part I: Deep Ownership Mechanics Drop Semantics and RAII Patterns Memory Layout Internals Ownership Transfer Patterns Zero-Sized Types and Phantom Data Part II: Advanced Move Semantics Partial Moves Mastery Move and Panic Interactions Closure Ownership (FnOnce/Fn/FnMut) Iterator Ownership Patterns Part III: Advanced Borrowing Splitting Borro…  ( 37 min )

In the ever-evolving world of technology, one of the most revolutionary advancements has been the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into software development. Among the many AI techniques that are transforming the landscape, neural networks stand out as a particularly fascinating and powerful tool. But what exactly are neural networks, and how are they changing the way we write and optimize code? In this blog post, we'll embark on a journey to explore the role of neural networks in coding, understand their underlying mechanics, and see how they’re reshaping the development process. Before diving into how neural networks are changing coding, it’s important to understand what they are. Neural networks are a subset of machine learning, modeled loosely after the human brain’s neural …  ( 9 min )

Taking on a new challenge: solving GeeksforGeeks POTD daily and sharing my solutions! 💻🔥 Problem: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/course-schedule/1 Course Schedule II Difficulty: Medium Accuracy: 51.77% You are given n courses, labeled from 0 to n - 1 and a 2d array prerequisites[][] where prerequisites[i] = [x, y] indicates that we need to take course y first if we want to take course x. Examples: Constraints: Solution: class Solution: def findOrder(self, n, prerequisites): adj = [[] for _ in range(n)] indegree = [0] * n for a, b in prerequisites: adj[b].append(a) indegree[a] += 1 q = [] for i in range(n): if indegree[i] == 0: q.append(i) res = [] while q: node = q.pop(0) res.append(node) for nei in adj[node]: indegree[nei] -= 1 if indegree[nei] == 0: q.append(nei) return res if len(res) == n else []  ( 7 min )

As our product grew, the dashboard started feeling slower than expected, which impacted how quickly users could access key information and complete tasks. Longer load times risked frustrating users and reducing engagement. Looking into performance, I found the initial JavaScript bundle was 1.72 MB, which contributed to slower loading, especially on slower networks. Understanding the Problem Even with React optimizations like React.memo and useCallback, first load performance can be overlooked. A large initial bundle affects user experience regardless of rendering optimizations. Step 1: Optimize Imports Many components were loaded upfront, even if they weren’t immediately visible. Every large component added to the main bundle, increasing download size. Step 2: Lazy Loading The solution? React.lazy + Suspense. Lazy loading splits the code into chunks and loads components only when needed. Instead of importing components directly: import { FrameworkProgress } from "@/components/dashboardWidget/FrameworkProgress"; You can use: const FrameworkProgress = React.lazy(() => import("@/components/dashboardWidget/FrameworkProgress") ); Key points: React.lazy() loads components only when rendered. Suspense shows a fallback UI while loading. This reduces the initial bundle size and improves first load performance. The Result After applying lazy loading and optimizing imports: Before: 1.72 MB The dashboard now feels much faster, even on slower networks. Lessons Learned First load size matters. Optimizations like memoization are useful, but bundle size impacts user experience directly. Lazy loading is simple but effective. React.lazy() + Suspense can dramatically improve performance. Conclusion Optimizing dashboard performance isn’t just about micro-optimizations inside React. Structuring code smartly and using lazy loading can significantly reduce bundle size and improve user experience.  ( 6 min )

TL;DR AI agents in 2025 are production systems, not UI demos. A reliable agent stack has 7 layers: Generative Model Knowledge Base + RAG Orchestration / State Management Prompt Engineering Tool Calling & Integrations Evaluation & Observability Enterprise Interoperability ✅ Use a multi-provider AI gateway with failover & metrics ✅ Version prompts, trace agents, and run scenario-based evals ✅ Treat RAG, tools, and orchestration as traceable, testable subsystems ✅ Platforms like Maxim AI provide end-to-end simulation, evals, logs, SDKs, and tracing An AI agent is more than a single LLM call. A real agent can plan, act, iterate, call tools, use memory, retrieve knowledge, and handle errors — while meeting enterprise requirements around cost, latency, security, and quality. To…  ( 8 min )

Learn how Tetrix connects code, infrastructure, and operations to your AI, enabling it to reason across your full software system. https://deskree.com/how-it-works  ( 5 min )

Summary Neil and TC head to Upstate New York for their travel series and end up in a deep-dive conversation with Alex Holderness and John Bourne, the founders of casual-golf apparel brand Holderness & Bourne. They unpack their personal backstories, the ups and downs of launching a side hustle, and how their apparel journey mirrors NLU’s own startup grind. What started as a few clips for a video project turned into a full-length interview release—packed with behind-the-scenes tales, startup wisdom, and the real talk on building an apparel business from scratch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Looking for a simple way to download YouTube videos? Y2Meta makes it easy. These free online tools let you download your favorite videos and music in MP4, MP3, and 4K quality, all accessible on any device without installation. Y2Meta lol stands out as one of the fastest and most reliable YouTube downloaders available online. It allows users to convert and download YouTube videos in MP4, MP3, WEBM, WMV, 3GP, M4V, and even 4K formats directly through the browser, with no registration required. Super easy to use with just a few simple steps. Supports multiple formats, including MP4, MP3, and 4K video. 100% web-based, no software installation needed. Offers fast performance and unlimited free downloads. Some versions of the site may display ads or pop-ups, depending on the domain. A long-stand…  ( 7 min )

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all doing great. It’s been quite a while since my last post (on other platforms too 😅), and I’m excited to finally share something new with you all. Lately, I’ve been diving into building my own Micro SaaS, a small but meaningful product that could (hopefully) bring value and maybe even generate some income over time. But as I started planning things out, one big question hit me: “How can I make sure my app stays reliable, even under heavy traffic, yet remains cost-effective from the start?” After some exploration, the answer became clear: Serverless. As a solo developer, I’d rather spend my time building cool features than maintaining tedious infrastructure or managing servers. With serverless, I don’t have to worry about uptime, scaling, or resource limits (the …  ( 7 min )

The CORE Productivity System Jeff Su’s CORE workflow—Capture, Organize, Review, Engage—breaks down every bit of workplace info into four simple steps. Snap up anything that lands in your inbox, stash it in whatever tool you love, run quick review sessions on a schedule, then block out time to get things done without relying on memory or pure willpower. Taught to over 6,600 Googlers in nine years, CORE kicks in within two weeks wherever you work—Notion, email, paper, you name it. No more chaos, no more sticky notes, just a painless system that turns productivity into autopilot. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Buying a global SSL certificate wasn’t just another DevOps task — it was a real learning curve. From comparing CAs to configuring certificates across multiple servers and APIs, I discovered how small setup choices can make or break security and performance. In this story, I’ll share the real-world lessons — what worked, what didn’t, and how the right SSL setup can protect not only your code but also your users’ trust and business credibility. https://medium.com/@hasanmcse/buying-a-global-ssl-certificate-my-real-world-experience-in-securing-web-apps-and-apis-2807207cf5fe  ( 6 min )

When AI Remembers You: The Hidden Bias in Personalized Chatbots Imagine a friendly robot that knows you’re a single mom juggling two jobs. Scientists have discovered that AI assistants that store personal details can indeed change the way they read emotions. personalization trap warns us that the very feature meant to make AI feel more caring could also deepen inequality. Think about that next time you chat with a bot. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: The Personalization Trap: How User Memory Alters Emotional Reasoning in LLMs 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 14 min )

CinemaSins serves up a tongue‐in‐cheek 14-minute “Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie” video, poking fun at Tim Burton’s stop-motion classic now back in theaters thanks to GDT. Expect their trademark sin counter, snarky commentary and a few laughs at poor Franky-boy’s expense. They’ve also packed the description with links to their main site, YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), a sinful poll, Patreon support, Discord, Reddit, Instagram and TikTok. Shout-outs go to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel for fueling the fun. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins takes a no-holds-barred look at Nicolas Cage’s “Longlegs,” rattling off every outrageous moment in under 24 minutes and even hyping Osgood Perkins’s upcoming thriller, Keeper. They pepper the video description with all the community essentials—linktr.ee for the latest updates, YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), social hubs (Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok), a sinful poll, Patreon support, and even Jeremy’s book—so you’re never far from your next dose of cinematic nitpicking. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage Predator 2 swaps Schwarzenegger’s jungle for Danny Glover’s LA detective work in a heat-soaked, crime-wave cityscape. The sequel packs in a meaner Predator, a surprise Gary Busey cameo and plenty of ’90s grit to keep things fresh. If you’re up for a wild urban spin instead of a replay of the original, this fun, messy ride delivers. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Nullish Coalescing Operator (??) হলো JavaScript-এর একটি আধুনিক লজিক্যাল অপারেটর, যা কোনো ভ্যারিয়েবলের মান null বা undefined হলে একটি default (বিকল্প) মান ব্যবহার করতে সাহায্য করে। syntax let result = value1 ?? value2; ব্যাখ্যা: যদি value1 null বা undefined না হয়, তাহলে value1 রিটার্ন করবে। যদি value1 null বা undefined হয়, তাহলে value2 রিটার্ন করবে। let name = null; let finalName = name ?? "Guest"; console.log(finalName); // Output: "Guest" এখানে name এর মান null, তাই ?? অপারেটর "Guest" রিটার্ন করেছে। let name = "Tanvir"; let finalName = name ?? "Guest"; console.log(finalName); // Output: "Tanvir" যেহেতু name-এর মান আছে, তাই fallback "Guest" ব্যবহৃত হয়নি। Undefined এর ক্ষেত্রে let age; let defaultAge = 18; let finalAge = age ?? defaultAge; console.log(finalAge); // Output: 18 age undefined, তাই defaultAge (১৮) রিটার্ন হয়েছে।  ( 6 min )

React frameworks are evolving — and Next.js and Remix are leading the pack. Next.js 15: Turbopack, Server Actions, AI SDK integration. Remix 3: Native SSR, portability, edge-first focus. Verdict: Next.js dominates enterprise scale, Remix thrives in flexibility and simplicity. 👉 Full analysis → ganeshtidake.site/blog/nextjs-vs-remix-2025  ( 6 min )

Need image uploads for your app, but don’t want to deal with S3 buckets or CORS headaches? 🧠 Step 1: Get Your API Key Sign up and grab your API key from ImageUpload.app. 💻 Step 2: Frontend Integration const uploader = new ImageUploadApp('YOUR_API_KEY'); uploader.upload(fileInput.files[0]) .then(res => console.log('Image URL:', res.url)) .catch(err => console.error(err)); ⚙️ Step 3: Backend Example (Node.js + Express) import express from 'express'; import multer from 'multer'; import fetch from 'node-fetch'; import fs from 'fs'; const upload = multer({ dest: 'uploads/' }); const app = express(); app.post('/upload', upload.single('image'), async (req, res) => { const form = new FormData(); form.append('images', fs.createReadStream(req.file.path)); const response = await fetch('https://imageupload.app/api/1/upload', { method: 'POST', headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.IMAGEUPLOAD_KEY}` }, body: form }); const data = await response.json(); res.json({ url: data.data.url }); }); 🧩 Features 5 images per request (4 MB each) HTTPS + API key security CDN-ready public URLs Works from both frontend or backend JSON response for easy parsing 🪄 Bonus Ideas Add a progress bar for multiple uploads. Combine with your CMS or user profile pages. Optimize with lazy-loading and WebP conversion. 🔗 Learn More Docs → https://imageupload.app/en/api-docs javascript #nodejs #react #api #imagehosting #webdev  ( 6 min )

Revealing the Unseen: AI-Powered Super-Resolution from Extreme Noise Ever tried to enhance a blurry photo, only to end up with a pixelated mess? Or struggled to extract useful information from grainy security footage? The problem isn't just the low resolution, it's often the overwhelming noise that buries the details we need to see. That's where a new breed of AI is changing the game. Imagine an algorithm that can not only upscale an image but also intelligently filter out the noise, reconstructing high-resolution details from seemingly hopeless sources. It's like having a detective who can piece together a shattered vase, even with half the fragments missing. This is achieved using a data-driven prior, learning how real-world structures should look, even when the input data is a cacopho…  ( 7 min )

The Dark Side of AI: A.I. Is Making Death Threats Way More Realistic As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, we're seeing a disturbing trend emerge: AI-generated death threats are becoming increasingly realistic. This raises important questions about the intersection of technology and human psychology. What's behind this trend? The growing sophistication of language generation algorithms is making it easier for individuals to create convincing and even chilling death threats. These algorithms can analyze large datasets, learn patterns, and generate text that mimics human speech with uncanny accuracy. Some key factors contributing to this trend include: Advances in natural language processing (NLP): NLP has improved dramatically over the past few years, enabling AI systems t…  ( 7 min )

Part-2: How I Actually Ran MySQL Inside a Docker Container Last time (Part 1) আমি বলেছিলাম কেন Docker দিয়ে MySQL চালাতে চাচ্ছি, সেই setup টা পুরো করে ফেললাম। If you’ve never tried running a database inside Docker before, trust me, it’s way easier than it sounds. Step 1: Create a Project Folder mkdir ~/sql/my-sql-name cd ~/sql/my-sql-name এই ফোল্ডারটাই হবে আপনার local workspace যেখানে Docker container এবং SQL ফাইল দুটোই থাকবে। Step 2: Make a docker-compose.yml File services: mysql: image: mysql:latest container_name: sql_practice restart: always environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root123 MYSQL_DATABASE: study ports: - "3306:3306" Explanation: image: mysql:latest → pulls the latest official MySQL image যদি চান data যেন container delete করার পরেও থেকে যায়, তাহলে নিচের অংশটা যোগ করুন - ./mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql এতে আপনার database data লোকাল ফোল্ডারে (mysql_data) সেভ থাকবে। Step 3: Run the Container এখন Terminal এ লিখুন - docker compose up -d চেক করতে সব ঠিকঠাক চলছে কি না, রান করুন - docker ps আপনি এমন কিছু দেখতে পাবেন: CONTAINER ID IMAGE STATUS PORTS Boom! এখন আপনার MySQL Docker container এর ভিতর পুরোপুরি চলছে! Step 4: Connect MySQL with VS Code তারপর নিচের ফর্মটা পূরণ করো : Click Test Connection → Connection Success! Quick Recap A fully functional MySQL container running inside Docker Direct connection from VS Code A clean, isolated learning environment — no messy installations Next Part (Part 3): আমি পুরো setup process লিখে রেখেছি আমার GitHub repo তে। চাইলে এখান থেকে দেখে নিতে পারেন - https://github.com/arasruislam/Learn_Stack/blob/master/SQL/SQL_GUIDE.md ়  ( 7 min )

Welcome to Day 21 of the #80DaysOfChallenges journey! Today’s beginner-to-intermediate challenge is a turn-based FizzBuzz game between you and the computer, built with while loops, string comparison, and alternating turns. This isn’t just another FizzBuzz script; it’s a real interactive game that practices user input, validation, and game flow. If you’re looking for a fun way to level up your loop and conditional skills, this “Python FizzBuzz game” is the perfect playground! The game starts at 1 and counts upward, alternating between you and the machine. Each turn requires the correct FizzBuzz output: Fizz for multiples of 3 Buzz for multiples of 5 FizzBuzz for multiples of both or the number itself It even accepts shortcuts: F, B, FB. The game ends if you make a mistake or type q. Let’s b…  ( 10 min )

FastHMR: Speeding Up Real‑Time 3D Human Pose Capture Ever wondered how a short video can instantly become a 3‑D avatar? FastHMR brings that magic to life by slashing the heavy computing behind human mesh recovery. 2. and even a slight boost in pose quality. Breakthrough technology like this makes real‑time 3‑D capture feel effortless, opening the door to a more immersive digital world. Imagine the possibilities when your phone can instantly understand and recreate your movements. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: FastHMR: Accelerating Human Mesh Recovery via Token and Layer Merging withDiffusion Decoding 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 14 min )

Hello, cloud enthusiasts! ☁️ If you’ve ever worked with data in any capacity — reports, dashboards, or ETL jobs — you’ve probably heard about Azure Data Factory (ADF). But what exactly does it do? Why do enterprises rely on it for their data movement and transformation? Let’s break it down not with definitions, but through a powerful real-world analogy that makes everything click instantly. The Real-World Analogy — A Chocolate Factory 🍫 Imagine you’re running a large chocolate factory. Every day, raw materials like cocoa, sugar, and milk arrive from different suppliers (these are your data sources). You need to move them into your factory, process them into chocolates, and package them for different stores (these are your data destinations). Now, you could do this manually — move ea…  ( 9 min )

In the fitness world, the saying “no pain, no gain” has been repeated for decades. But in reality, rest days are where the real gains happen. If you’re hitting the gym daily, pushing harder with every session, and still not seeing progress — or worse, feeling constantly sore and tired — it’s likely because you’re not giving your body the recovery time it needs. Recovery isn’t a sign of weakness or laziness. It’s an essential part of building strength, muscle, and overall fitness. Let’s dive into the science behind recovery, why it’s so important, and how to make the most of your rest days to reach your goals faster and safer. What Is Recovery in Fitness? Recovery is the process your body goes through to repair, rebuild, and strengthen itself after exercise. Every time you train — whether i…  ( 10 min )

What if the secret to explosive Web3 inclusion isn’t funding, ads, or top-down control? ETHWomen’s U.S. launch in October 2025 flips everything you know about scaling diversity in crypto—and leaves traditional strategies in the dust. Community Activation Beats Paid Acquisition—Every Time Most Web3 organizations throw cash at user acquisition: think $10-15 per head for digital ads targeting women in blockchain. Not ETHWomen. They're cutting out the middleman—and the budget bloat—by turning every community member into a micro-influencer. Their local chapter model skips expensive campaigns and leverages network effects: each new participant actively recruits friends using social trust. The result? Growth that doesn’t just add, it multiplies. Decentralized Chapters: How Leverage Dwarfs Top-Dow…  ( 7 min )

Quantum Language Processing: A Frontier in AI Research Introduction Imagine compressing thousands of dimensions of meaning into a few qubits capable of processing all that information in parallel. That is the promise of Quantum Natural Language Processing (QNLP). But can we truly translate the richness of human language into the abstract logic of quantum mechanics, without any grounding in reality? This article explores the frontier where science fiction and fundamental research meet. Quantum Parallelism: The Key to QNLP Quantum parallelism is a unique property of qubits that allows them to process multiple meanings simultaneously. In other words, it enables qubits to explore all possible solutions to a problem at the same time. This property is essential for QNLP, as it can…  ( 7 min )

Introducción El soporte multilenguaje en aplicaciones permite ampliar el alcance a usuarios y clientes de diferentes regiones e idiomas, mejorando la accesibilidad y la experiencia del usuario. En este post, exploraremos cómo implementarlo en aplicaciones de escritorio desarrolladas con WinUI 3. Para implementar soporte multilenguaje en una aplicación WinUI 3, el primer paso es configurar la estructura de carpetas y archivos de recursos. Esto permitirá que el sistema cargue los textos adecuados según el idioma del usuario. Strings Dentro del proyecto, en la raiz crea una carpeta llamada Strings. Esta será el contenedor principal para los recursos. Strings\ ├── en-US\ │ └── Resources.resw ├── es-ES\ │ └── Resources.resw Resources.resw y para qué se utiliza? El archivo Resources.r…  ( 8 min )

Hey everyone, I recently launched a project I’ve been working on for a while — a Ratings & Reviews system built entirely in React + MUI, designed for developers and small brands that want more control over how they collect and display customer feedback. Most review systems (like Trustpilot or Shopify apps) are great, but they’re locked-down and iframe-based, which makes it hard to integrate smoothly into your own product pages or SaaS dashboards. So, I decided to build my own — something developer-first and 100% customizable. ⚙️ What it does 🧩 Customizable Stepper Form 1–10 custom ratings Yes/No questions Text feedback Image upload YouTube video links Custom rating fields like “Product Value” or “Quality” You can add, edit, or delete questions in your dashboard under 3 main categories: 📊 Dashboard Overview The dashboard lets you: View and manage all submitted reviews Track average ratings and sentiment trends See top-performing products Customize and preview your review flow Manage your integration keys and environment (test/production) I’m currently building out analytics and AI-powered insights next. 💡 Why I built it I wanted a review system that didn’t force me into another company’s ecosystem. This started as a weekend experiment and turned into a full SaaS platform. 🔗 Try it out -> https://www.rovza.shop What would you need in a review system for your React project? Thanks!!! If you’ve ever built your own tools instead of depending on another platform, you’ll get the feeling behind this one. This is my attempt at building something open, customizable, and developer-friendly — and I’d really appreciate your honest feedback or ideas.  ( 7 min )

Can We Make the Cut in Our Pro Return? Bryan Bros Golf is back on the clock, teeing off at an Asian Tour International Series event and asking the big question: can we actually make the cut in our return to pro golf? Want to follow along? Sign up for the newsletter, hop into the Discord or Twitch stream, and check out all our favorite gear and socials below! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Jeff Su spills the CORE workflow he taught to 6,642 Googlers over nine years: Capture everything immediately Organize with minimal friction Review during scheduled sessions Engage by time-blocking execution Tool-agnostic and automatic within two weeks, this 4-step system handles all workplace info without relying on memory or willpower. For a deeper dive, check out Jeff’s blog post, grab his Notion Command Center templates, or join the Workspace Academy for step-by-step guidance. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan strap on their Haddonfield headlamps and revisit 1981’s Halloween II from a chilly cold open to the final credits. They duke it out on whether Michael Myers is the GOAT horror villain, pick their most rewatchable scenes, and even roll through a set of fun “categories” to rank the sequel’s creepiest moments. Sprinkled between the gory bits are cheeky promos for Paramount+’s A Mountain of Movies® and Netflix’s A House of Dynamite—because nothing’s scarier than running out of streaming options. If you crave movie-nerd banter with a side of snark, this episode will haunt you in the best way. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage kicks off a four-week deep dive into the first four films of the franchise, starting with the 1987 Schwarzenegger original. The hosts hail Predator as the ultimate 80s action-sci-fi blend, praising its direction, writing, cast chemistry, creature design, and all the mud, lasers, muscles and explosions that made it a classic. Stick around for extended audio editions, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries and video game let’s-plays at bigsandwich.co. Don’t forget to subscribe, follow James and Maso on Twitter, and support the show via Patreon or merch! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

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Here are 12 essential Git commands every developer should know — from initializing a repo to branching, merging, and resetting. 🧠💻 ✅ Perfect for beginners ✅ Useful as a quick reference for pros ✅ Boosts collaboration and productivity 📌 Save this post for future reference and keep your workflow smooth! Git #GitCommands #WebDevelopment #Programming #VersionControl #Developers #CodingTips #LearningJourney #FullStackDevelopment #TechCommunity  ( 6 min )

Hello People 👋 I’m Kartey, solo founder & founding engineer behind serpex.dev. 🧠 It all started while building my Research AI Agent About 80%+ of my queries needed live web data to stay accurate and relevant. Most existing APIs couldn’t deliver Reliable, fresh information, though some sources are costly and geared toward enterprise use. That’s when I started digging deeper into the problem. 🚧 The Problem Every available search API I tested came with major trade-offs: 💸 Too expensive for indie founders or small startups rate-limited by engines. It was frustrating, I just wanted something simple, affordable, and reliable. 💡 The Realization At some point, it clicked, instead of building another research tool dependent on someone else’s API, why not build the foundation itself? So I pivot…  ( 7 min )

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Only 15% of the $40B Web3 world is female. ETHWomen is betting that’s about to change—not with ad blitzes or influencer hype, but with a surprising weapon: automation. Forget what you’ve heard about slow grassroots growth. Their U.S. expansion is blowing up the traditional playbook on scaling inclusion. Automation, Not Volunteers: The New Playbook Most efforts to close the gender gap in crypto throw money at ads or depend on overworked volunteers. ETHWomen isn’t buying in. Instead, they’re using automated community networks that drop onboarding costs from $150 to just $15 per member. Rather than replicating volunteer teams, the system handles everything: onboarding, mentorship matching, event invites—all with minimal human lift. Manual outreach just hit its scaling ceiling. Why Paid Ads Ar…  ( 7 min )

Every founder knows the chasm between a great idea and a shipped product. For my startup, 13Radar—a data-intensive platform for tracking institutional investments—that chasm was a complex, professional-grade frontend. The vision was a dashboard that felt like a Bloomberg terminal: dense, fast, and trustworthy. I chose a different path. Instead of becoming a full-time frontend developer or a project manager, I became an architect. My primary job was to define my product with absolute clarity, not in code, but in a detailed, 3,800-character specification that I fed to an AI design tool (readdy.ai). This workflow didn't just build a UI; it fundamentally changed the economics and timeline of launching 13Radar. It compressed what could have been a three-month development cycle into a matter of …  ( 9 min )

The Rise of Agentic AI: Transforming Workflows in C# Development Hey there! If you've been keeping an eye on AI developments lately, you've probably noticed something exciting happening—agentic AI is changing how we build applications, especially in the .NET ecosystem. I know it can feel overwhelming when new paradigms emerge (trust me, I've been there), so let's walk through this together and figure out what agentic AI means for us as C# developers. When I first heard about "agentic AI," I thought it was just another buzzword. But after diving in, I realized it represents a fundamental shift in how we build AI-powered applications. Instead of simple request-response patterns, we're talking about AI systems that can plan, use tools, make decisions, and complete complex multi-step tasks …  ( 11 min )

It was a busy October, and while I didn't reach the Hacktoberfest goal, I did reach my personal goals (and to be honest, the sooner I abandoned Hacktoberfest the better). The first week, I contributed to the Hiero SDK, which was a beginner friendly issue designed to help newcomers contribute for the first time. This contributing taught me how to follow a CONTRIBUTING.md, and how to set up a GPG key to sign my commits. The second week, I contributed to 100LinesOfPythonCode, where I wrote a short 100 line text game. This was one that I wish I could do over, as it wasn't something that furthered my goals or gained me any experience, but it allowed me to open up about my interests when I presented my work in class, and I gained useful insight from my professor about what I should be focusing o…  ( 7 min )

From my first to my fourth issue, I used two programming languages: Python and Golang. Starting with the first issue, which was just a try, to the last one, which was a real challenge for me. I moved from a small Python issue to a well-structured Golang project. From working on an algorithm to developing a CLI tool with LLM integration and a Python project analyzer. I feel contributing to open-source projects is not as difficult as I once thought. There are so many projects across diverse topics that we might not even imagine, and many of them are creative and useful. Different projects require different languages and skills, offering many opportunities to contribute. During Hacktoberfest 2025, I experienced projects that helped me get involved in different fields. I learned Golang for backend development, WebSocket, and CLI tools, mostly working on the Python project analyzer. Therefore, I believe that if I keep this enthusiasm for open source, I can continue to learn more. Moreover, after this event, I am confident about continuing to contribute to open-source projects.  ( 6 min )

What if onboarding half a million women into the blockchain ecosystem didn’t cost a single extra dollar? That’s exactly the moonshot ETHWomen is aiming for with the launch of its U.S. Community Operating System—a move that challenges every paid-growth playbook in Web3. ETHWomen Isn’t Playing by Old Rules The usual story? Expanding women’s participation in Web3 means shelling out for endless ad campaigns, costly events, and armies of community managers. But ETHWomen’s U.S. launch blows up this playbook. By automating peer-to-peer education and on-chain credentialing, they’re slashing user acquisition costs to nearly zero—a feat almost unheard of in the blockchain world. Community Operating Systems: Beyond Buzzwords Most "community platforms" still rely on paid moderators or centralized staf…  ( 7 min )

Progress on Plexus! A GPU-accelerated procedural generation tool for Unity 6. Here's how to use patterns, forces, and deformers. This tool is under development and should be available in the Asset Store in the upcoming weeks/months. Thanks! unity3d #gamedev #proceduralgeneration #gpu #unity #indiedev #showdev  ( 6 min )

What if Web3 growth didn’t have to burn mountains of VC cash? In 2025, as crypto VCs double down on expensive user acquisition and splashy marketing, ETHWomen just entered the U.S. market with a radical, cost-slaying strategy. Targeting a massive 15 million women primed for Web3—and doing it with almost zero traditional ad spend—ETHWomen is flipping every rule of growth in decentralized tech. If you think inclusion programs are just feel-good side projects, their system might force you to rethink everything. Community-Led Growth: The Secret Weapon Forget dumping $8-15 per user into ads. ETHWomen created a community-driven referral engine that puts growth on autopilot. Instead of top-down recruiting, existing members become local champions—educating, onboarding, and mobilizing their own net…  ( 7 min )

The 5 GitHub Repositories Every Prompt Engineer Should Bookmark Jaideep Parashar ・ Nov 1 #webdev #github #learning #discuss  ( 6 min )

Prompt engineering is evolving fast, and GitHub is where that evolution lives. 1️⃣ OpenAI Cookbook: The Official Playground github.com/openai/openai-cookbook The go-to library for developers experimenting with GPT APIs, embeddings, and fine-tuning. Use It For: Building your own API workflows Understanding token limits & prompt optimisation Experimenting with fine-tuning templates 2️⃣ Awesome ChatGPT Prompts: The Community Goldmine github.com/f/awesome-chatgpt-prompts This repo is a global collection of the best prompts ever shared. Use It For: Reverse-engineering effective prompts Building your personal prompt library Discovering roles and contexts that get results 3️⃣ LangChain: The Bridge Between Prompts and Apps github.com/langchain-ai/langchain LangChain is what turns prompts into workflows. Use It For: Creating chatbots, research agents, or AI assistants Experimenting with chains and tools Understanding how context memory works 4️⃣ Prompt-Engineering-Guide by DAIR.AI github.com/dair-ai/Prompt-Engineering-Guide An academic-quality guide covering prompt types, design patterns, and evaluations. Use It For: Learning systematic prompt design Accessing real papers and benchmarks Staying aligned with industry best practices 5️⃣ Jaideep Parashar / AI Prompt Library: Applied AI in Action github.com/jaideepparashar/AI-Prompt-Library My own open-source collection of prompt frameworks used in ReThynk AI books and AI Lab projects. Use It For: Real-world AI automation examples Developer-ready prompt templates Studying how to document and version prompts like code Final Thought Don’t just collect prompts, study how they evolve into systems. GitHub isn’t just a repository of code anymore; it’s a repository of intelligence. Resources ChatGPT Prompts for Coding: 630 Actionable Prompts for Debugging, Testing, Integration, and Deployment Next Article: “Building a Prompt Engineering Toolkit for Developers”: how to create your own custom toolkit for experiments, testing, and automation.  ( 8 min )

We often hear that DevOps starts with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD). But pause for a second — That simple question changed how I understood DevOps forever. 🏠 The Home Analogy Think of your DevOps system like building a home for your software. Provisioning is building the house — setting up walls, doors, and electricity. Configuration Management is furnishing the house — arranging furniture, lights, and Wi-Fi. CI/CD is the people working and moving inside the house — building, testing, and deploying software. Now imagine trying to work before your house exists — no power, no furniture, no desk. ⚙️ What Really Comes First Many tutorials make it look like CI/CD is the starting point. Here’s the true DevOps flow 👇 1️⃣ Provisioning Create infrastructure (VMs, EC2,…  ( 7 min )

Buy Me a Coffee☕ *Memo: My post explains a dictionary (1). My post explains a dictionary (2). My post explains a dictionary (3). My post explains a dictionary (4). My post explains a dictionary (6). My post explains a dictionary (7). My post explains a dictionary (8). My post explains a dictionary (9). A dictionary and other dictionary can be checked if only all the keys or both all the keys and values in: the dictionary are in other dictionary with =. other dictionary and other elements are in the dictionary with >. *Memo: Only all the values cannot be checked. dict.keys() and dict.items() work for all = and >. dict and dict.values() get error for all = and >.…  ( 9 min )

Join James and Maso on the Weekly Planet’s “Caravan of Garbage” as they kick off a four-week deep dive into the Predator franchise, starting with the 1987 Schwarzenegger classic. They hail Predator as the ultimate ’80s mash-up of muscles, mud, lasers and creature design—action, sci-fi and explosions all rolled into one invisible terror fest. If you want more carnage, there’s early access videos, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries and even video game let’s-plays over at bigsandwich.co. You can also catch the extended audio edition on YouTube, follow @mrsundaymovies and @wikipediabrown on Twitter, back the show on Patreon or sport some TWP merch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Unlocking AI Speed: The Hidden Symmetries in Reinforcement Learning Imagine training an AI to play a complex strategy game. Days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and still, the AI struggles to learn effectively. The culprit? Redundant exploration of similar scenarios that waste precious computation time. We need a smarter way to guide the AI's learning process. The key lies in identifying and exploiting hidden symmetries within the search space. The core idea is to group states that are essentially equivalent – from the AI's perspective – and share learning experiences across them. This allows the AI to generalize knowledge more effectively, leading to significantly faster learning curves. Think of it like teaching someone to ride a bike. Instead of treating every wobbly moment as a c…  ( 7 min )

AI Market Dynamics & Corporate Strategy The AI sector demonstrates a buoyant yet volatile investment climate, with a perceived "bubbly" market characterized by significant seed rounds and data center builds. Major players like Apple are open to M&A on the AI front to enhance their capabilities. Simultaneously, concerns arise over large-scale financial commitments, as Meta and Xai initiate a trend for billions in off-balance-sheet debt, and OpenAI faces a substantial 12 billion loss last quarter, reflecting the high costs of pioneering AI development. Demand for cloud infrastructure remains high, with AWS exceeding expectations, partly driven by the escalating needs of AI workloads. NVIDIA is strategically expanding its AI ties with major industry players like Hyundai, Samsung, SK, and Naver, underscoring the collaborative nature of AI development. These partnerships extend to manufacturing, where Samsung and NVIDIA are collaborating to build an AI megafactory aimed at transforming semiconductor production for AI acceleration. Innovation in AI applications continues to broaden, exemplified by the widespread adoption and continuous evolution of ChatGPT as a prominent AI chatbot. Startups are also securing significant funding, such as Adam, a YC alum, raising $4.1M to develop an AI copilot for text-to-3D creation. Further advancements are being explored in foundational research, with ongoing work documented in recent AI research papers. The rapid growth of AI, deemed the fastest tech in history, prompts warnings from Microsoft about the risk of billions being excluded from its benefits. Ethical concerns surrounding data use are also emerging, with Japanese publishers demanding an end to unauthorized training of OpenAI's Sora2 with copyrighted content. Furthermore, the practical deployment of AI in autonomous systems faces challenges, as early data points to Tesla robotaxis already crashing in Austin, highlighting gaps in current autonomous driving capabilities.  ( 6 min )

"Unlocking the Musical Secrets of Ancient Civilizations: The Power of Generative AI Imagine being transported to the ancient city of Ur, surrounded by the mysterious sounds of a long-lost culture. Generative AI, a cutting-edge technology that can create new, original content, is opening doors to uncovering the musical heritage of ancient civilizations. By analyzing fragments of texts, inscriptions, and artifacts, AI algorithms can recreate the musical compositions of bygone eras. One fascinating example is the ancient Sumerian epic poem, the 'Epic of Gilgamesh.' This 4,000-year-old masterpiece is considered one of the earliest surviving works of literature. By applying generative AI techniques to the poem's lyrics and historical context, researchers can reconstruct the musical composition that likely accompanied its recitation. The result is a hauntingly beautiful soundscape that transports listeners to the ancient streets of Mesopotamia. Generative AI's potential in this field i... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

第 18 课：Web UI 与 API 使用 ⏱ 课时：1.5 小时 🎯 学习目标：掌握图形界面和 API 操作 📚 难度：⭐⭐ 实时信号 通过 Web UI 和 API，你可以用图形界面管理交易机器人，不再依赖命令行。本课将教你如何启用 API Server，使用 FreqUI 进行可视化管理，以及通过 REST API 进行远程控制。 定义：Freqtrade 内置的 REST API 服务器，提供： Web UI 数据接口 远程控制功能 实时数据查询 交易操作接口 在配置文件中添加 API Server 配置： { "api_server": { "enabled": true, "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "listen_port": 8080, "verbosity": "error", "enable_openapi": false, "jwt_secret_key": "your-secret-key-change-this", "ws_token": "your-websocket-token-change-this", "CORS_origins": [], "username": "freqtrader", "password": "SuperSecretPassword123" } } 配置说明： 参数 说明 推荐值 enabled 是否启用 API true listen_ip_address 监听地址 "127.0.0.1"（本地）或 "0.0.0.0"（远程访问） listen_port 端口号 8080 jwt_secret_key JWT 密钥 随机生成的长字符串 ws_tok…  ( 10 min )

Lesson 18: Web UI and API Usage ⏱ Duration: 1.5 hours 🎯 Learning Objectives: Master graphical interface and API operations 📚 Difficulty: ⭐⭐ Real-time Signals Through Web UI and API, you can manage trading bots with graphical interfaces, no longer relying on command line. This lesson will teach you how to enable API Server, use FreqUI for visualized management, and control remotely through REST API. Definition: Freqtrade's built-in REST API server that provides: Web UI data interface Remote control functionality Real-time data queries Trading operation interface Add API Server configuration to configuration file: { "api_server": { "enabled": true, "listen_ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "listen_port": 8080, "verbosity": "error", "enable_openapi": false, "jwt_secret_k…  ( 12 min )

Lesson 17: Telegram Setup ⏱ Duration: 1.5 hours 🎯 Learning Objectives: Configure Telegram bot integration for real-time trading notifications and monitoring Telegram integration provides essential real-time monitoring and control of your Freqtrade bot. This lesson guides you through setting up Telegram notifications and basic bot commands. Benefits of Telegram Integration: ✅ Real-time trade notifications ✅ Remote monitoring of bot status ✅ Emergency stop functionality ✅ Performance updates and alerts ✅ Manual trade control options Open Telegram and search for @botfather Send /start to see available commands Create new bot with /newbot Follow the prompts to name your bot Save the bot token (keep it secret!) Example conversation: You: /newbot BotFather: Alright, a new bot. How are we goin…  ( 8 min )

第 17 课：Telegram 通知配置 ⏱ 课时：1.5 小时 🎯 学习目标：实现交易信号推送 📚 难度：⭐⭐ 实时信号 通过 Telegram Bot，你可以随时随地接收交易通知，甚至远程控制交易机器人。本课将教你创建和配置 Telegram Bot。 在 Telegram 搜索 @BotFather 发送 /newbot 输入 Bot 名称（如 My Freqtrade Bot） 输入 Bot 用户名（必须以 bot 结尾，如 myfreqtrade_bot） 获得 API Token（形如：1234567890:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyz） ⚠️ 保密 Token：不要分享给任何人！ # 方法 1：使用 Python 脚本 python3 << 'PYTHON' import requests token = "YOUR_BOT_TOKEN" url = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/getUpdates" # 先在 Telegram 给你的 Bot 发送一条消息（如 /start） response = requests.get(url) print(response.json()) # 在输出中找到 "chat":{"id": 123456789} PYTHON # 方法 2：访问网址 # https://api.telegram.org/botYOUR_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates # 先给 Bot 发消息，再访问这个网址，查找 chat id { "telegram": { "enabled": true, "token": "1234567890:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyz", "chat_id":…  ( 7 min )

第 16 课：实时信号监控 ⏱ 课时：2 小时 🎯 学习目标：学会获取实时交易信号 📚 难度：⭐⭐ 实时信号 回测只是第一步，真正的考验是实时交易。本课将教你如何启动 Freqtrade 的模拟交易模式（Dry-run），实时监控交易信号，为实盘交易做准备。 定义：模拟交易模式，使用真实的市场数据，但不进行真实交易。 与回测的区别： 特征 回测（Backtesting） 模拟交易（Dry-run） 数据 历史数据 实时数据 执行 快速（几分钟） 实时（持续运行） 目的 验证策略历史表现 验证策略实时表现 滑点 无法模拟 部分模拟 订单执行 假设立即成交 模拟真实延迟 风险 零风险 零风险 原因 1：验证策略实时表现 回测表现：+25%（历史数据） Dry-run 表现：+18%（实时数据）✅ 基本一致，可以实盘 或者： 回测表现：+25% Dry-run 表现：-5%（实时数据）❌ 差距太大，策略有问题 原因 2：熟悉实盘环境 理解信号生成的时机 熟悉订单执行流程 测试通知和监控系统 原因 3：发现潜在问题 策略代码错误 配置文件问题 网络连接问题 数据延迟问题 ⚠️ 无法完全模拟： 滑点（Slippage） 市场深度影响 极端行情下的流动性问题 交易所系统故障 💡 建议：Dry-run 1-2周后再考虑实盘 确保 config.json 配置正确： { "max_open_trades": 3, "stake_currency": "USDT", "stake_amount": 100, "dry_run": true, // ⚠️ 确保为 true "dry_run_wallet": 1000, // 模拟钱包金额 "exchange": { "name": "binance",…  ( 10 min )

MCP Security: Navigating the Exploit Playbook for Agent Om Shree ・ Nov 1 #ai #mcp #architecture #security  ( 5 min )

The concept of "creative melancholy" in AI agents is a thought-provoking idea that merges the innovative problem-solving capacity of AI with the introspective self-doubt often associated with human creativity. By incorporating this unique combination of traits, AI agents could develop a more nuanced decision-making process and enhanced adaptability. Imagine an AI designed to exhibit creative melancholy: it generates innovative solutions to complex problems, but also grapples with internal doubts and uncertainties. This duality would allow the AI to: Balance risk and caution: By acknowledging potential pitfalls, the AI would be more cautious in its decision-making, weighing the benefits and drawbacks of each option. Encourage self-reflection: Introspective self-doubt would prompt the AI to re-evaluate its assumptions, leading to more informed decisions and a deeper understanding of the problem domain. Foster creative problem-solving: The tension between innovat... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

Configure simple settings in the storage account. a: The data in this storage account doesn’t require high availability or durability. A lowest cost storage solution is desired. . In your storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade. . Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down. . Be sure to Save your changes. . Refresh the page and notice the content only exists in the primary location. b: The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections. . In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade. . Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled. c: Developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version 1.2. . In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade. . Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2. d: Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account . In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade. . Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled. . Be sure to Save your changes. e: Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks. . In the Security + networking section, select the Networking blade. . Ensure Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks. . Be sure to Save your changes. Thanks everyone.. Till the next post..  ( 6 min )

In a week dominated by earnings reports, October 31 marked a pivotal moment for the tech sector as giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta laid bare their aggressive bets on artificial intelligence. Shares swung wildly, Amazon hit a record high on strong cloud results, while others dipped on hefty spending forecasts, underscoring the high-stakes race to build AI infrastructure. Meanwhile, chipmakers inked deals to fuel the boom, and innovators unveiled tools to address AI's growing pains, from security flaws to regulatory hurdles. It was a day that crystallized the industry's forward momentum, tempered by the realities of ballooning costs and geopolitical tensions. Amazon's third-quarter results provided a bright spot in an otherwise jittery market, with the e-commerce behemoth's stock sur…  ( 10 min )

Lark Davis called November bitcoin’s strongest month with a 42.5% average gain; the median is far lower and a single outlier year does much of the lifting.  ( 31 min )

In a recent CNBC interview, Jeremy Allaire outlined dollar-priced fees, fast finality, and privacy for Arc, while pointing to rising USDC use in emerging markets.  ( 31 min )

Seventeen years after Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world, it has grown from a cryptographic experiment into a global movement, argues Tony Yazbeck, co-founder of The Bitcoin Way.  ( 33 min )

A mid-October sell-off knocked majors off early highs and left bitcoin down for the month while BNB and a few altcoins finished higher.  ( 32 min )

The launch follows Ripio's previous release of a tokenized sovereign bond and is part of a broader push to bring real-world assets onto blockchain rails.  ( 29 min )

The ongoing U.S. government shutdown may become the longest in history, with reverberating effects on crypto legislation.  ( 31 min )

ARK Invest increased its stake in Bullish by 105,000 shares, worth $5.3 million, to 2.27 million shares valued at $114 million. Its crypto exposure now tops $2.15 billion.  ( 30 min )

Once envisioned as peer-to-peer cash, Bitcoin’s journey reflects both mainstream triumph and existential tension.  ( 33 min )

MiCA deserves credit for imposing order on chaos, but its structure rests on a dangerous assumption: that proof-of-reserves equals proof-of-stability, argues Dr. Daniel D’Alvia. It does not.  ( 33 min )

The in-app Chat is in beta for Premium users with file sharing and media support, while a standalone X Chat app is slated to follow in the coming months.  ( 31 min )

Scott Bessent marked the white paper’s anniversary by lauding bitcoin’s resilience and contrasting it with Washington gridlock, rekindling debate over Treasury’s crypto stance.  ( 32 min )

GWM Malaysia has expanded its Tank 500 line-up with the unveiling of the Tank 500 HEV Black Edition variant. This seven-seater was launched in the local market earlier this year at the Malaysia Auto Show (MAS 2025). As for this variant, it features updated exterior elements with a bold, darkened theme. The headlights, fog lights, […] The post Want The GWM Tank 500 HEV In All Black? It’ll Cost An Extra RM8,000 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Within October alone, Razer has announced two special colour collections for its peripherals. But that’s not stopping another one from being added to the list. This time, the gaming peripheral brand has gotten help from Valve. The result is the Counter-Strike 2 collection, or more specifically, the Dragon Lore skin from the game. For the […] The post Razer Teams Up With Valve For Counter-Strike 2 Collection appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

A US senator has called on President Donald Trump’s administration to assist Malaysia in curbing the illegal smuggling of US-made artificial intelligence (AI) chips into China, Reuters reported. The request follows US intelligence assessments that identify Malaysia as one of several countries allegedly used as transit points in organised efforts to bypass export restrictions on […] The post US Senator Seeks Trump Administration’s Help To Curb AI Chip Smuggling Through Malaysia appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

While a dedicated app for WhatsApp has been available for smartwatches running Wear OS for quite some time now, no such thing exists for the Apple Watch just yet. However, it seems that the messaging platform is currently working to bridge the gap. According to WABetaInfo, Meta has introduced an app for the Apple Watch […] The post WhatsApp Starts Testing Companion App For Apple Watch appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

Recently, there has been a lot of hullabaloo about the idea that large reasoning models (LRM) are unable to think. This is mostly due to a research article published by Apple, "The Illusion of Thinking" Apple argues that LRMs must not be able to think; instead, they just perform pattern-matching. The evidence they provided is that LRMs with chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning are unable to carry on the calculation using a predefined algorithm as the problem grows. This is a fundamentally flawed argument. If you ask a human who already knows the algorithm for solving the Tower-of-Hanoi problem to solve a Tower-of-Hanoi problem with twenty discs, for instance, he or she would almost certainly fail to do so. By that logic, we must conclude that humans cannot think either. However, this argument …

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I recently took a long break from working on StockSimPy — school got busy and pulled me away — but I’m back. The project is getting closer to the finish line, yet somehow the closer I get, the further it feels. The core components — backtesting, portfolio management, and stock data handling — are semi-functional, but parts like importing data from yfinance and cleaning it still need fixes, along with a few unexpected bugs. When I first planned StockSimPy, I didn’t think about including a dedicated performance class. I figured total return and a price graph would be enough. That changed after someone commented on one of my previous devlogs, asking if I planned to add metrics like the Sortino ratio. That question stuck with me. I thought: If I were someone testing a trading strategy, would I…  ( 8 min )

Old Course At St. Andrews Slated For ‘Enhancements’ Prior To 2027 Open St. Andrews Announces Changes and Enhancements Upcoming to the Old Course Prior to the 2027 Open Championship. forbes.com  ( 6 min )

Analyzing Why People Like Funk dives into the grooves and feel that make funk and jazz so irresistible, using the Marvel vs Capcom 2 soundtrack as a playful springboard rather than a straight-up OST deep dive. It pits funk/jazz against rock, then unpacks syncopated rhythms, punchy bass lines and the art of solos to show how each element locks you into that funky zone. Timestamps guide you through each section—rhythmic breakdown at 2:01, bass magic at 9:07 and solos at 13:02—before wrapping up with an outro at 18:41. And if you’re hungry for more, you can join the creator’s Patreon, snag merch, jump into the Discord or follow on Twitter. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR I threw down a £1,000 match against the head pro at Carlisle Golf Club in Ep. 2 of the series, with Titleist not only fueling the battle but also pledging support for the club’s junior section afterward. Massive thanks to Nicky and everyone at Carlisle for hosting the event. Want my kit details or some sweet discounts? Head to the Linktree below, and don’t forget to peek at Titleist.co.uk and CarlisleGolfClub.org for all the deets. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

In this post, Jeff Su breaks down the CORE workflow he taught to over 6,600 Googlers in nine years: Capture everything immediately, Organize with minimal friction, Review during scheduled sessions, and Engage by blocking time to execute. It works with any tool you already use and becomes automatic within two weeks—no more relying on willpower or memory alone! He also drops handy timestamps (00:28 for the basics, 01:05 for CORE in action, 04:10 for a deep dive) and loads of resources: newsletter, templates, the Workspace Academy course, and his favorite gear. Perfect if you want a plug-and-play productivity boost. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins just rolled out “Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less,” giving Tim Burton’s lovable reanimated pooch a snark-filled teardown as the film returns to theaters. Expect their signature “sins” commentary on every plot quirk and animation gag. They’ve also sprinkled in all their must-know links—website, poll, Patreon—and shout-outs to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, and Daniel. Plus, you can hang with the community on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, and more. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ cheeky Halloween special where they gleefully pick apart “one of the greatest genre movies of all time,” ticking off sins and gags in rapid-fire fashion. Expect their trademark mix of snark, pop-culture digs and playful nitpicks as they race through every quirk in under a quarter-hour. Along the way they drop links to their main site, Discord, Reddit and social channels (@TVSins, @CommercialSins, @CinemaSins, TikTok and more), invite you to fill out a sinful poll, and tee up their Patreon. Shout-outs go to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel—your friendly neighborhood sin-experts. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR Predator 2 (1990) ditches the jungle for a crime-ridden, heat-wave-stricken Los Angeles and swaps Arnold Schwarzenegger for Danny Glover as its lead. You get a nastier new Predator, a bit of Gary Busey flair, and a fresh urban-thriller vibe—perfect if you’re up for something that feels familiar but not carbon-copy. Check out the Caravan of Garbage review for more laughs, deep dives, and bonus content on bigsandwich.co! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

liner notes: Professional : Really productive day to end the week. Figured out why my code wasn't doing the thing I wanted it to. It had to do with the variable name I was passing into an SDK. Funny enough, the docs had an error and the SDK itself was using a different name for the variable. I reached out to the SDK maintainer to let them know and they are going to fix it. I was able to finish the project that is basically an interactive tutorial that people can take by spinning up a GitHub Codespace. Sent that over to the people that will then incorporate that into their work. Want to make sure I'm not the blocker. haha. Earlier this week, I ran into an issue trying to add a page to the documentation. I got that issue worked out and added the information and scheduled a message to some fo…  ( 7 min )

How to Make It Worth Your Time This is a submission for the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Open Source Reflections. I've been doing Hacktoberfest for 7 years straight. Made every mistake possible. Learned what actually works. brutal truths nobody tells you about Hacktoberfest, and how to make it genuinely worth your time. DON'T: Submit docs typo fixes or add your name to README files. “This screams I just want the t-shirt. Maintainers can spot this from a mile away. These PRs get labeled as spam faster than you can say open source.” DO: Pick projects you'll actually use. I contributed to a testing library in 2019 because I needed a feature. That PR led to: Using the library in my job Meeting the maintainer at a conference Getting my first OSS maintainer role Real value > Free swag…  ( 7 min )

How AI Stops Seeing Things That Aren’t There Ever wondered why a smart camera sometimes describes a “red car” that isn’t in the picture? Scientists discovered that the AI’s “visual tokens” – tiny data pieces it extracts from an image – can become unsure, leading the system to imagine objects that don’t exist. Imagine a future where your phone never mislabels a sunset as a beach party – that’s the power of taming uncertainty. It’s a small change with a big impact on how we trust machines to see the world. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: On Epistemic Uncertainty of Visual Tokens for Object Hallucinations in LargeVision-Language Models 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 14 min )

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*Beyond the Rollercoaster: A Beginner's Guide to Stablecoins and Why They Matter If you’ve ever dipped a toe into the world of cryptocurrencies, you’ve felt the whiplash. One day, your digital investment is soaring; the next, it’s plummeting. This volatility is what makes headlines, but it’s also what makes everyday actions like buying a coffee or paying a bill with Bitcoin wildly impractical. For crypto to evolve from a speculative asset into a usable form of money, it needs stability. What Exactly is a Stablecoin? Fiat-Collateralized Stablecoins: This is the most common and straightforward method. For every stablecoin in circulation, a corresponding unit of real currency (like a US Dollar) is held in a regulated bank reserve. Crypto-Collateralized Stablecoins: To stay true to the dece…  ( 10 min )

En teoría de probabilidad, 1% es casi nada. La industria del software —si es que aún merece ese nombre— se ha convertido en un aparato diseñado para recompensar el cumplimiento, no la conciencia; para premiar la sumisión procesada como “fit cultural” y castigar la autonomía bajo la etiqueta de “no alineado”. No es un sistema incompetente. Es un sistema muy competente en reproducirse a sí mismo, aunque lo que reproduce sea disfuncionalidad maquillada de metodología, agilidad coreografiada como ceremonia, y liderazgo teatral que simula empatía con OKRs. Quien conserva un 1% de integridad dentro de ese sistema es, estadísticamente, una anomalía. ⸻ Integridad residual como variable independiente He visto cómo entrevistas técnicas se convierten en ejercicios de gaslighting pasivo-agresivo: O e…  ( 9 min )

🧩 Day 15 — Sum of Good Subsequences & CDN Fundamentals 🧠 DSA Problems [1 hr] Problem: 3351. Sum of Good Subsequences We define two key state trackers: count[a] — number of good subsequences ending with a. res[a] — total sum of all subsequences ending with a. For each number a in the array: We can start a new subsequence with a. Or extend subsequences ending with a - 1 and a + 1. Hence, count[a] = count[a-1] + count[a+1] + 1 Each of these subsequences contributes additional sums based on their totals and the value a: res[a] = res[a-1] + res[a+1] + a * (count[a-1] + count[a+1] + 1) We take modulo 10^9 + 7 to keep values bounded. sum(res.values()). class Solution: def sumOfGoodSubsequences(self, A: List[int]) -> int: count = Counter() res = Counter() …  ( 8 min )

Two years ago, I joined Dev.to with the same excitement every new dev feels — but quickly I realized that I had no direction, no project, and no clear voice. I was just posting random content, sometimes copied, sometimes AI-generated, that lacked my own authentic voice. My knowledge was only surface-level, and I had no real project to anchor my identity. That realisation hit me hard. I stepped away from all public platforms—including Dev.to—and made a silent promise: “I won’t post again until I have something real to share — something built with my own hands.” I wanted to become a *developer * who doesn’t just consume tutorials but creates meaningful tools, resources, and solutions. To do that, I needed to build something from scratch. That decision marked the start of an 18-month journey …  ( 8 min )

In cybersecurity, when you hear the word vulnerability, you know it's not a good thing. Meanwhile, it can be scary if you learn that attackers are exploiting the vulnerability. In other news, it turns out that researchers can break confidential computing in some popular CPUs. TEE.Fail attack breaks confidential computing on Intel, AMD, NVIDIA CPUs As a reminder, TEE means Trusted Execution Environment. It's a secure area of a system. Now, what happened? The excerpt below has more details. Researchers from Georgia Tech and Purdue University note that modern implementations of Intel SGX, Intel TDX, and AMD SEV-SNP are no longer as secure as advertised, due to architectural trade-offs in recent generations. Their experiments confirmed that it is possible to exploit these weaknesses for key …  ( 17 min )

When you type a website name like google.com in your browser, a lot of things happen quietly before that familiar page appears. Behind the scenes, there’s a small chain of events that makes sure your request finds the right computer somewhere on the internet. The registrar is where you buy and manage your domain name. Think of it as the official shop where domains are registered and maintained. Popular registrars include Google Domains, Namecheap, GoDaddy, and Cloudflare. When you buy example.com, you’re not buying it forever. You’re essentially renting it from the global domain system, managed by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). The registrar acts as the interface between you and ICANN. At this point, your domain exists but it doesn’t yet know where your we…  ( 8 min )

Don't hesitate to check all the article on my blog — Taverne Tech! Imagine being able to clone your entire infrastructure like you fork a GitHub repo, or restore a full environment with a simple git checkout. Sounds like sci-fi? Welcome to the amazing world of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)! 🎉 If you’ve ever spent a weekend manually reconfiguring a server that “worked perfectly yesterday,” or wondered why production doesn’t look anything like development anymore, this post is for you. IaC is like having a time machine for your infrastructure — except you can go to the future too! 🕰️ is Infrastructure as Code? Think of Infrastructure as Code like a perfectly written cooking recipe. Instead of improvising your infrastructure like a fancy chef who “eyeballs the salt,” you write exactly what…  ( 9 min )

Caution: Synthetic Data Oversight - Overfitting to Noise When generating synthetic data, a common pitfall is overfitting to noise present in the training data. This can lead to the creation of biased and unrealistic synthetic data, which can severely impact the accuracy and reliability of your machine learning models. Noise in training data can stem from various sources, including measurement errors, instrumentation limitations, or even data processing mistakes. If your synthetic data generator relies heavily on this noisy data, it will inevitably learn to replicate these errors. To address this issue, consider implementing noise reduction techniques in your synthetic data generation process. One popular approach is denoising autoencoders, a type of neural network that learns to remove noise from the input data while preserving the underlying structure. Another effective strategy is to use techniques like data normalization, feature scaling, and outlier detection to ident... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

I worked on my first issue, Implement Binary Search (Iterative), Add an algorithm in Python In this PR, I implemented a simple algorithm to practice contributing to Hacktoberfest 2025. Since it was my first time joining Hacktoberfest, I chose a simple issue to get started. Through this experience, I realized that if I am interested in a project, I can either create a new issue or find an existing one to solve—whether it is adding a new feature, fixing a bug, or improving documentation. The most important thing is the desire to contribute to the project. This project marked my first open-source contribution, and it gave me more confidence to continue contributing and exploring other interesting projects. For this contribution, I used Python, but next, I want to learn how to develop projects using Go (Golang). I will do my best to find projects that interest me and keep improving my programming skills.  ( 6 min )

We're excited to announce a writing challenge for participants of the 5-Day AI Agents Intensive Course with Google and Kaggle! Running from November 10-14, the 5-Day AI Agents Intensive Course is designed to help you master AI agents: the next frontier of artificial intelligence. Whether you’re just starting with agents or looking to advance your expertise, this immersive experience will guide you through the architectures, tools, and best practices shaping the future of intelligent, autonomous systems. Course registration closes on Tuesday, November 4 at 11:59pm Register Now By the end of the course, you'll put your skills into practice through a capstone project and be able to build everything from simple AI agents to sophisticated multi-agent systems. Course participants will have t…  ( 7 min )

How AI Learns to Draw Its Way Through Math Problems Ever wondered how a computer can actually sketch a picture to crack a tricky math puzzle? Researchers have created a new system called CodePlot‑CoT that lets artificial intelligence think with images, just like we do when we doodle a graph on a napkin. draw their way to solutions, making math feel a little less mysterious for all of us. Exciting times ahead! Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: CodePlot-CoT: Mathematical Visual Reasoning by Thinking with Code-Driven Images 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 14 min )

Forem Weekly Repo Recap: New Community Hub, Email Fixes & Markdown Improvements Forem Project News ・ Oct 31 #product #deployment #opensource #news  ( 6 min )

Intro: Garmin AI Coach — a multi-agent endurance coach that analyzes Garmin health and activity data to generate adaptive training plans for triathletes, cyclists, and runners. What makes it special: agentic AI system that actually interprets your physiological data (HRV, sleep, stress, load) and drafts a transparent, auditable plan you can inspect line-by-line. Every insight is reproducible — no black-box “trust us” recommendations. How to contribute: 🧠 Help improve the agent reasoning or planning prompts. 🧩 Add new data connectors (Thryve, Garmin Health API, or Connect IQ). 🧪 Build demo datasets so new users can run the tool without real credentials. 🖼️ Create front-end visualizations for the generated HTML reports. Issues labeled good first issue are beginner-friendly. I’d love to mentor new contributors, especially anyone interested in AI workflows, sports science, or wearable integrations. Why I’m passionate: why it suggests what it does. Garmin AI Coach is my attempt to merge transparency, personalization, and open science. Links: leonzzz435/garmin-ai-coach “I Fired My Garmin Coach and Built an AI to Train for an Ironman 70.3”  ( 6 min )

You’ve been there. You’ve just integrated a powerful new LLM into your workflow, and the possibilities feel endless. Then comes the reality: bridging the gap between the model's linguistic intelligence and the practical, real-world actions you need it to perform. This means wrestling with a dozen different APIs, each with its own authentication quirks, data schemas, and documentation (or lack thereof). You write glue code. You build bespoke adapters. And just when you get it all working, a new model comes out, or an API updates, and you’re back to square one, refactoring your integrations for a new host environment. It feels like the pre-USB era of computing, where every peripheral needed its own proprietary port. What if there was a USB-C for AI? A single, standardized protocol that allow…  ( 12 min )

In my previous blog Day-11 ,I explored how to build scalable and cost-effective AWS infrastructure using Load Balancers, Auto Scaling Groups, and Launch Templates - the foundation of resilience in cloud compute. But soon, I faced a realization: Scaling applications means nothing if your network isn't designed to support it. So in this chapter, I decided to go deeper - to understand how AWS networking actually works behind the scenes, how instances talk to each other securely, and how data travels safely in and out of the cloud. - Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) - Subnets (Public and Private) - Internet Gateway (IGW) - NAT Gateway - Route Tables - Elastic IPs - Security Groups vs NACLs It started with a small frustration. I launched an EC2 instance in my new custom environment... and it refused…  ( 9 min )

Building applications that stay online during failures is a critical skill for any cloud engineer. In this hands-on project from the AWS Academy Cloud Architecting programme, I redesigned a simple, single-instance setup into a fault-tolerant, highly available (HA) architecture running across multiple AWS Availability Zones. This post breaks down the core components, how they work together, and what I learned along the way. The goal was to transform a basic application into a multi-tier, multi-AZ architecture capable of surviving instance or Availability Zone failures. The final environment included: VPC with public & private subnets Application Load Balancer (ALB) using two AZs Auto Scaling Group running EC2 instances across private subnets Amazon RDS (Multi-AZ) MySQL database NAT Gateways…  ( 7 min )

Every wrong submission is just XP in disguise. If you’ve ever opened LeetCode, stared at a “Medium” problem, and immediately felt like an imposter in your own career welcome, you’re home. For the longest time, I treated LeetCode like a punishment. Me: “One more question before bed.” Brain: “How about we stare at it until 3AM and still not solve it?” After months of pretending that “Daily Challenges” were personality traits, I realized something most of us aren’t bad at LeetCode, we’re just training wrong. So, I decided to turn LeetCode into a game, not a chore. I stopped doing random problems and started theme weeks: Week 1: Arrays & Two Pointers (the gym warm-up of DSA) Week 2: HashMaps & Sliding Window (where logic meets chaos) Week 3: Trees (the moment your confidence collapses) Each week, I did 5–7 problems of the same type until I could predict the pattern without crying. I stopped calling them “Hard Problems” and renamed them “Boss Fights.” I started using a GitHub repo to store every solved problem not copy-pasted code, but my explanations. Problem: Two Sum Concept: HashMap lookup in O(n) Lesson: Never trust nested loops. Now, every time I forgot something, I could review my own logic, not someone else’s YouTube tutorial. Instead of chasing ranks, I compared how long I took to solve similar problems. Everyone loves saying “I solved 300 LeetCode problems.” My problem-solving confidence skyrocketed. Interviews started making more sense. And most importantly I no longer feared “Medium” tags like they were horoscopes of doom. LeetCode stopped being a torture device and became a skill gym. LeetCode isn’t about brute force it’s about pattern recognition, smart review, and consistency. What about you? Drop your confession in the comments let’s make everyone feel a little less alone in this algorithm chaos.  ( 7 min )

TL;DR I took on Carlisle Golf Club’s head pro in a £1,000 match on his home turf—big thanks to Titleist for backing the series (and even helping fund the club’s junior section!). Shout-out to Nicky and everyone at Carlisle GC for hosting, and hit the links in the description if you want course details or a discount on my gear. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan dig into the 1981 sequel Halloween II, locking horns over whether Michael Myers truly is the GOAT horror villain, revealing their pick for the film’s most rewatchable moment, and serving up hot takes in the show’s classic category round. They break the episode into four timestamped bites—cold open, villain debate, scene spotlight, and category face-off—while cheekily plugging Paramount+’s Mountain of Movies, Netflix’s A House of Dynamite, and a friendly nod to State Farm. Strap in for nostalgia, snark, and slasher thrills. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Longlegs In 24 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ rapid-fire roast of Nicolas Cage’s tippy-toes thriller Longlegs, complete with their signature “sins” tally and a nod to Osgood Perkins’s next flick, Keeper. Spoiler: those legs are hilariously long. They also invite you to dive deeper—polls, Patreon, Discord, Reddit, and all their social feeds—plus spin-off channels like TVSins and CommercialSins. Ready for more cinematically sinful fun? Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

CinemaSins delivers a playful 15-minute “Everything Wrong With Sinners” roast, gleefully picking apart plot holes and genre tropes in what they still cheer as one of the year’s best horror flicks—Happy Halloween, indeed. The crew (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel) also hooks you up with all their extra goodies: a sinful poll, Patreon support, and links to their website, YouTube channels, Discord, Reddit, Instagram and TikTok for even more movie mischief. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage TL;DR Predator 2 swaps Schwarzenegger’s jungle for Danny Glover’s sweaty, crime-ridden Los Angeles in 1990, tossing in a beefed-up Predator and a delightfully off-the-wall Gary Busey cameo. It may lack some of the first film’s classic tropes, but if you’re up for an urban hunt in the middle of a heatwave, it’s a fun, fresh twist on the franchise. The review also plugs Caravan of Garbage’s extended audio edition, bonus podcasts, commentary videos on bigsandwich.co, plus all the usual YouTube subs, Patreon perks and merch if you need more silly deep dives. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Desenvolvedores deveriam parar de perder tempo discutindo se o código gerado por IA é “bom” ou “ruim” e começar a aprender a usá-la com sabedoria. A IA não substitui o conhecimento técnico, mas é uma ferramenta poderosa de apoio. Ela pode servir como referência para entender padrões de código, explorar alternativas de implementação ou criar cenários de exemplo. Por exemplo, imagine que você precisa dar manutenção em uma aplicação legada em Angular e não sabe como criar um teste de unidade. Você pode pedir um exemplo para um contexto semelhante e, a partir disso, gerar o seu próprio teste. Outro uso valioso é automatizar tarefas repetitivas. Coisas como: 1. Converter HTML de um template de site ou sistema em componentes React; 3. Gerar estruturas iniciais de código ou snippets repetitivos; 5. Utilizar sugestões de autocomplete para tarefas de codificação, economizando horas de trabalho manual. No passado, buscávamos soluções como essas no Stack Overflow (exceto automações). Hoje, a IA pode acelerar esse processo, mas o verdadeiro valor está em filtrar, adaptar e aprender com o que ela oferece — não em rejeitá-la por princípio, nem em depender exclusivamente de “vibe coding”. Em resumo: use a IA como parceira estratégica, ganhe tempo com tarefas manuais e concentre-se em resolver problemas de forma inteligente.  ( 6 min )

Every developer has their little comfort zone — a setup that just feels right. Here’s what my daily workspace looks like: It’s simple, but it works. The less I overcomplicate my setup, the more I focus on building. What’s that one tool in your dev setup you can’t live without? frontenddevelopment #webdevelopment #vscode #bootstraptips #productivity #codinglife  ( 6 min )

Improper Credential Usage (M1) tops the OWASP Mobile Top 10 (2024) because it hits the core of mobile security: protecting secrets and sensitive data. This vulnerability occurs when apps mishandle credentials — whether hardcoded API keys, tokens, or user authentication data — within insecure client environments. For React Native and Expo developers, this issue is particularly severe. Since the JavaScript bundle ships with the app, anyone with basic reverse-engineering tools can easily peek into the source, exposing credentials you thought were “hidden.” Let’s break down what this means for you — and how to fix it properly. Improper Credential Usage arises when developers treat the mobile client like a private backend. The problem? Your app code runs entirely on the user’s device, meaning a…  ( 8 min )

TL;DR golangci-lint v2.6.0 adds the new modernize analyzer. It surfaces suggestions to adopt modern Go features from the standard library (e.g., strings.CutPrefix, slices.Contains, maps.Clone) and language (any). Previously the tool was available as a separate binary, but it'll receive much more exposure now being included in golangci-lint. The modernize analyzer suggests clearer, more idiomatic code by using newer Go features. Each diagnostic includes a suggested fix designed to be behavior-preserving. Many improvements rely on Go ≥1.21 features. If your module uses an older go version, you'll see fewer suggestions and some fixes won't apply cleanly. Before: if strings.HasPrefix(s, "llama") { s = s[len("llama"):] } After: if after, ok := strings.CutPrefix(s, "llama"); ok { s = after } Before: found := false for _, v := range xs { if v == needle { found = true break } } After: found := slices.Contains(xs, needle) Before: dst := make(map[string]int, len(src)) for k, v := range src { dst[k] = v } After: dst := maps.Clone(src) Before: var x interface{} After: var x any In .golangci.yml: linters: enable: - modernize Or via CLI: golangci-lint run --enable modernize Optionally apply fixes automatically (where supported): golangci-lint run --enable modernize --fix I originally enabled modernize for CoreDNS in coredns/coredns#7536. I went through the analyser findings and applied fixes. To keep future code changes from diverging from modernize, I added a separate CI step that failed if modernize produced a non-empty diff. This worked fine. Now with golangci-lint v2.6.0 out, I refactored this in coredns/coredns#7645. The reflecttypefor had a number of changes that will need to be addressed separately. Nice and clean now.  ( 7 min )

What if “going green” was just a cover? Meta’s jaw-dropping 1 GW solar buy isn’t about virtue signaling or corporate climate gloss. It’s a strategic leverage play so big—and so misunderstood—it could rewrite the future of tech dominance. While headlines focus on feel-good sustainability, Meta is quietly building a fortress of operational power. The real question: why is nobody talking about the hidden muscle behind this deal? ## The Real Game: Leverage, Not Sustainability Almost every company brags about renewable energy these days. But Meta’s 1 gigawatt solar buy is not just another pat on the back for ESG compliance. Instead, it’s a calculated seizure of leverage in the areas that actually matter: cost control, regulatory risk, and operational resilience. Meta is locking in near-zero mar…  ( 7 min )

As developers, we understand the power of data. We instrument our applications, analyze performance metrics, and debug with precision. Yet, when it comes to trading—one of the most data-rich activities possible—many of us rely on gut feelings and scattered notes. I was guilty of this too, until I treated my trading like a production system that needed proper monitoring. That's when I discovered Scope360, and it fundamentally changed how I approach the markets. The Problem: Trading Without Data is Like Debugging Without Logs Think about the last time you faced a production bug without proper logging. You're blind. Now imagine trying to improve your trading performance without tracking your trades. It's the same problem. Before Scope360, my "trading journal" was a mess of screenshots and h…  ( 7 min )

Hey everyone 👋 publishes data inside ROS2. This post will walk you through everything I did — step by step — so you can do the same on your system. ⚙️ Step 1: Creating a New Package cd ~/ros2_ws/src ros2 pkg create --build-type ament_cmake pkg_2 What this does: Creates a folder named pkg_2 Generates the necessary files: CMakeLists.txt, package.xml, include/, and src/ Sets up a C++ ROS2 package ready for your node Your structure should look like: pkg_2/ ├── CMakeLists.txt ├── include/pkg_2/ ├── package.xml └── src/ 🧩 Step 2: Writing the Node cd pkg_2/src nano my_node.cpp This node doesn’t publish yet — but it’s alive and running, ready to communicate. Editing CMakeLists.txt This tells ROS2 how to compile your C++ node and link it with the rclcpp library Updating package.xml Open:…  ( 7 min )

Introduction “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” We often, unintentionally, stretch our work to match the time we’re given. A similar phenomenon can be seen when, for example, we create a generous schedule only to find that the extra time quickly gets filled anyway. In other words, whenever we create “room” in our schedule, we naturally tend to fill it up. Parkinson’s Law points out the problem that “work expands to fill the available time,” but it doesn’t offer a concrete solution. In this article, we’ll look at one way to approach the issue: the idea that the true cause of time expansion lies not in the amount of time, but in the vagueness of purpose. For instance, if you start working with the vague goal of “finishing a presentation,” you’ll keep revising en…  ( 8 min )

The Promise It is no secret that Cloud platforms have been adopted by most organisations for running their infrastructure. Virtualization of infrastructure brings many advantages. In the early 2000's I had to pay for the hardware and have it physically installed in a data center. You had to pay for a lease to host it. This was expensive and involved. With Cloud based Virtual Machines we could spin up a machine at a moments notice, perform some work and then tear it down, paying only for the time it was up. Then along comes Docker and containerization, which reduces the footprint for an instance and makes it possible to easily scale based on a image. Then comes Kubernetes to help manage those containers and configure the networking and create internal networks to interconnect your micro-…  ( 10 min )

Introduction: When "Ordinary" Won’t Do You want his birthday to feel extraordinary—not just another routine celebration. He deserves something that reflects how special he is: something luxurious, thoughtful, and uniquely him. That’s where luxury birthday presents for your boyfriend in the UK come in—gifts that go beyond utility and trendiness to become statements of affection. Enter the curated, sophisticated selection at Belvedere Collections, especially their “His Birthday” range, designed to blend elegance, personalization, and premium quality. In this article, we’ll explore why luxury gifts matter, how to pick the right one, and showcase categories that are sure to dazzle him. Luxury isn't just about a higher price tag—it's about distinctiveness, craftsmanship, and emotional impact.…  ( 8 min )

In today’s hyper-competitive software landscape, traditional monetization models can’t keep up with evolving customer expectations or dynamic market conditions. Companies that rely solely on static pricing models and manual revenue management workflows are losing ground to competitors who use real-time data to adapt faster. The next evolution in SaaS growth strategy isn’t just about better pricing—it’s about creating intelligent monetization systems that continuously align product value with customer willingness to pay. For decades, software businesses have treated pricing as a one-time project: define tiers, set rates, and adjust annually. But in practice, customer behavior changes far faster than most pricing cycles can handle. Modern SaaS companies are moving toward adaptive monetizatio…  ( 7 min )

Organizations today struggle with data scattered across multiple databases, cloud platforms, and systems, making it difficult to extract meaningful insights and drive business decisions. Traditional data integration approaches often involve complex, time-consuming processes that create data silos and limit accessibility. Data federation emerges as a powerful solution that creates a single, virtual view of distributed data sources without requiring physical data movement or duplication. This approach enables businesses to query and analyze information from various systems as if they were accessing a single database, dramatically improving data accessibility, reducing costs, and accelerating time-to-insight for analytics and decision-making processes. Data federation represents a modern ap…  ( 9 min )

Hello Forem contributors and community members! This week saw a flurry of activity focused on introducing and refining a brand new feature: the Community Hub. We also merged several key fixes to improve content creation and notifications. The highlight of the week is the introduction of the new Community Hub page! This new feature provides a central place for community interaction and discovery. The initial implementation was quickly followed by a series of rapid tweaks to refine the user experience and interface. #22519 benhalpern posted on Oct 29, 2025 What type of PR is this? (check all applicable) [ ] Refactor [x] Feature [ ] Bug Fix [ ] Optimization [ ] Documentation Update Description Experimental new page which aggregates a bunch of community stuff into …  ( 9 min )

Convert Mass and Weight Units Convert weight measurements instantly for international shipping, fitness tracking, recipes, or jewelry weighing. Need to convert kg to lbs for luggage weight? Or convert ounces to grams for precise cooking? Quickly convert pounds to kilograms, tons to kilograms, or work with specialized units like troy ounces for precious metals and carats for gemstones. Try it at https://unitconverter.docfather.name.ng/mass  ( 6 min )

DevScribe currently puts your entire project docs in ONE file. Should I split it up? Quick context: I built DevScribe - an all-in-one offline desktop app that combines docs, system design, API testing, database tools, and code execution in a single workspace. Right now it creates a single document with: Think of it as Notion + Draw.io + MySQL Workbench + Replit + Postman all in one document. No more switching between 5 different tools to document your project. [Runnable Java/JS/TS/SQL/Shell code] But some users are asking for separate files: /docs ├── architecture.md ├── api-docs.md ├── database.sql └── queries.sql The debate: Team A: "One file = one source of truth. Love it!" Team B: "Separate files = better git workflow" Team C: "Why not both? Make it configurable" I'm considering this for v2. What would work better for your workflow and why? Currently leaning toward making it configurable, but wondering if that's overengineering it. Share your documentation structure preferences below! 👇 https://devscribe.app  ( 6 min )

Welcome back to Cybersecurity Weekly! password safety and the new login technologies — passkeys and biometrics — that are replacing traditional passwords in 2025. Weak or reused passwords remain one of the biggest security gaps. In 2025, hackers use AI-powered bots to crack logins faster than ever. A single compromised password can expose your client files, payment accounts, and marketplace profiles. Freelancers often juggle dozens of tools, so managing all those passwords safely is a challenge. It’s time to adopt safer, smarter options. Passkeys replace passwords with secure cryptographic keys stored on your device. You log in using your fingerprint or face — no typing, no phishing risk. Google, Apple, and Microsoft already support them. Biometrics verify your identity through fingerprint…  ( 7 min )

Hi everyone, 👋 I’m Mukkera Pavan Kumar, and I’m officially open to new opportunities — where I can combine community, data, and innovation to make a real impact. Over the past few years, I’ve realized something powerful: every product, campaign, or event is only as strong as the people who believe in it. 🌍 My Journey My story began in India, where curiosity led me to study Computer Engineering. But I didn’t stop at writing code — I wanted to connect ideas with people. That passion led me to create Technical Spaces, a platform that helped hundreds of students and startups gain access to technical mentorship, events, and workshops. Later, I joined Reskilll as an Azure Developer Community Lead, organizing and leading events like Azure Copilot Day and AI Agents in Action — both supported by …  ( 7 min )

Imagine waking up, grabbing your phone to check emails, editing a document on your laptop during breakfast, and then switching to your tablet later in the day—all without worrying about saving or transferring files. How? Welcome to cloud computing ☁️—the invisible tech powering your digital life! Think of cloud computing like a public library for your data. Instead of storing all your books (files, images, videos) on a shelf at home, you keep them in a giant, secure library in the sky ✨. When you want a book, you just log in anywhere with internet and it’s there—ready to use! But just like a real library, you NEED internet to visit. No internet = no access to your cloud-stored files. For example, when you save your vacation photos on Google Drive, they’re kept safely on Google’s servers a…  ( 8 min )

Why I Built Another Feedback Tool Let's be honest - the market doesn't need another feedback tool. But I needed one I could afford. As a freelance developer at Daring Designs, I was paying $59/month for Marker.io. Great tool, but the price stung every month. So I did what every developer does when faced with a recurring cost: "How hard could it be to build this myself?" Narrator: It was harder than that. Most feedback tools fail not because of features, but because of friction. Clients don't want to: Create another account Remember another password Learn another platform Check yet another tool for updates So I built Notedis with one key feature: clients can reply via email, and their feedback automatically appears on visual boards. One thing I learned from using feedback tools: if insta…  ( 9 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less is a new CinemaSins video where the team lovingly roasts Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, tallying every “sin” while celebrating the film’s charm now back in theaters. Their signature snark (and plenty of Franky-boy jokes) keeps it fun for die-hard fans and newcomers alike. The description also points viewers to even more content—CinemaSins’ website, YouTube channels (@TVSins, @CommercialSins), social hubs (Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok), a fan poll and a Patreon—so you can dive deeper or support the crew directly. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Can We Make the Cut in Our Return to Pro Golf? The Bryan Bros are back on the course, teeing off in an Asian Tour International Series event and wondering if they can survive the cut on their return to pro golf. Along the way, they’re keeping fans in the loop with behind-the-scenes updates via their newsletter, Discord community, and live streams on Twitch. They’ve also lined up all their favorite gear sponsors—Foresight Sports launch monitors, Bushnell laser rangefinders, LAB Putters, Takomo clubs, Rhoback apparel, and Bruce Bolt gloves—and dropped discount codes so you can kit out your bag too. Stay tuned to see if they make the weekend! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Every marketer has asked this question at some point: which campaign actually worked? I’ve lived inside this problem for years. And somewhere between late-night data audits and conversations with developers, I realised something important: To fix attribution, marketers have to start thinking like engineers. The attribution gap nobody prepared for The old, cookie-heavy world made tracking easy — but never accurate. Multi-touch attribution models collapsed because they depended on external identifiers. That’s when I decided to build a first-party attribution framework — one that respects privacy yet restores clarity. Designing a privacy-first attribution framework Here’s the simple idea: track less, but track better. Instead of chasing every signal, I built a closed-loop system using tools m…  ( 8 min )

Let us have two components, A and B. So whatever component we traverse after A must appear before A in the final output — like B, A — so that if we get an edge B → A, it satisfies the rules of topological sorting. But in an array, we can only insert efficiently at the end (inserting at the front is costly). So we just keep inserting at the end, getting something like A, B, but knowing we’ll reverse it later to become B, A. However, that final reversal would also flip the internal order of each component (A and B). So when the global reversal happens, we get B, A, where both B and A keep their correct internal ordering. void swap(int* A, int* B) { if (A == B) return; *A = *A ^ *B; *B = *A ^ *B; *A = *A ^ *B; } void DFS(size_t i, vector>& graph, vector& vis, vector& solution) { size_t m = graph.size(), n = graph[i].size(); vis[i] = 1; for (size_t j = 0; j topologicalsort(vector>& graph) { size_t m = graph.size(); vector vis(m, 0); vector solution; for (size_t i = 0; i < m; i++) { if (!vis[i]) { DFS(i, graph, vis, solution); } } size_t lt = 0, rt = solution.size() - 1; while(lt < rt) { swap(solution + lt, solution + rt); ++lt, --rt; } return solution; }  ( 7 min )

Introduction In this article, I’ll share my journey of implementing an MQTT 5.0 client in Go. Why build an MQTT client when libraries like Paho already exist? Because I enjoy writing clients, it’s a playground for fun concepts like protocol parsing, networking, concurrency, and performance tuning. github repo: https://github.com/MonsieurTib/gmqtt MQTT 5.0 specifications : https://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v5.0/os/mqtt-v5.0-os.html Part I : Connecting to the Broker 1. Understanding MQTT 5 Data Types MQTT is a standard messaging protocol for IoT. It's designed as a lightweight pub/sub messaging transport for connecting remote device with small footprint and low bandwidth usage. MQTT 5 introduces several data types that are important for building a client from s…  ( 17 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins just hit us with a Halloween-themed roast of Sinners, cheerfully calling it one of the greatest genre flicks ever… and then gleefully nitpicking every moment in under 15 minutes. Expect the usual pun-laden sins, spooky Easter eggs, and their signature “so bad it’s good” deep dive. Wanna join the fun? Head to cinemasins.com for more videos, check out TVSins, CommercialSins and the CinemaSins Podcast Network on YouTube, drop your thoughts in their “sinful” poll, or hang out on Discord and Reddit. If you love what they do, show some extra love on Patreon! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Caravan of Garbage kicks off a four-week deep-dive into the Predator franchise with the 1987 classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and they’re not holding back – calling it the ultimate ’80s action-sci-fi mash-up, complete with big muscles, mud, lasers, explosions and an invisible alien. For more nerdy goodness, they’ve got an extended audio edition, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries and Let’s Plays on bigsandwich.co, plus all the usual subscribe links, Twitter handles, Patreon and merch hookups. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

This is analog of TURBO button of modern days. # Get the ID and security principal of the current user account $myWindowsID = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() $myWindowsPrincipal = new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($myWindowsID) # Get the security principal for the Administrator role $adminRole = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator # Check to see if we are currently running "as Administrator" if ($myWindowsPrincipal.IsInRole($adminRole)) { # We are running "as Administrator" - so change the title and background color to indicate this $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition + "(Elevated)" # $Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = "DarkBlue" clear-host } else { # We are not running "as Administrator" - so relaunch as administrator # Create a new process object that starts PowerShell $newProcess = new-object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "PowerShell"; # Specify the current script path and name as a parameter $newProcess.Arguments = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition; # Indicate that the process should be elevated $newProcess.Verb = "runas"; # Start the new process [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($newProcess); # Exit from the current, unelevated, process exit } Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true start-sleep -seconds 2  ( 6 min )

Remember when every tech problem was solved by “just add more RAM”? Yeah, welcome to the AI era — where “just add more GPUs” is the new religion. And it works, don’t get me wrong. The scaling laws are real: make the model bigger, feed it more data, crank up the compute —> boom, better results. Every AI lab’s PowerPoint deck glows brighter with those sweet logarithmic curves. But here’s the catch: every doubling in compute now gives you… a few percent improvement. That’s like dropping ten grand on a new rig to make your build time 3 seconds faster. Technically progress, spiritually bankruptcy. The Data Wall Is Coming By 2026, we’ll hit the “data wall” — we’ve basically used up all high-quality human text, code, and images. After that, models start eating their own tail: training on syntheti…  ( 8 min )

🌍 ¿Por qué Java sigue siendo tan importante en pleno 2025? Han pasado casi 30 años desde que Java apareció por primera vez, y aún hoy sigue siendo uno de los lenguajes más utilizados en el mundo del desarrollo backend. Su lema original, “Write once, run anywhere”, sigue más vivo que nunca: el código Java puede ejecutarse prácticamente en cualquier sistema, lo que lo ha mantenido como un estándar en empresas de todos los tamaños. De hecho, se estima que Java se utiliza activamente en más de 120 países para proyectos backend, desde aplicaciones bancarias hasta plataformas de streaming, sistemas de salud y soluciones empresariales complejas. Entre ellos, India, Estados Unidos, Alemania y España destacan como grandes centros de talento Java, pero India lidera ampliamente el uso de Java en entornos backend, gracias a su enorme ecosistema de desarrolladores y empresas que confían en su estabilidad y escalabilidad. 🚀 La evolución de Java: del código clásico al Java moderno Si pensamos en el Java de los 2000, lo recordamos como un lenguaje robusto pero muy verboso. Y la evolución no se detiene. En Java 25, encontramos mejoras notables en rendimiento, la madurez del Project Loom (concurrencia ligera con virtual threads), y una sintaxis más clara con pattern matching y record patterns, que simplifican enormemente el trabajo diario de los desarrolladores. 🤖 Java en la era de la inteligencia artificial El auge de la IA no ha dejado a Java atrás. Spring Boot, Quarkus o Micronaut, demostrando que Java continúa siendo el motor del backend empresarial… incluso en la nueva era de la inteligencia artificial. 💬 En resumen Java no es solo un lenguaje que sobrevivió al paso del tiempo; es un lenguaje que ha sabido adaptarse y reinventarse. Java no está envejeciendo. ☕  ( 7 min )

This year marked my third time participating in Hacktoberfest, and it was by far the most rewarding. I contributed to seven different repositories, primarily focusing on frontend development using TypeScript and React. Working with these technologies is a passion of mine, and it was great to see how my contributions helped improve various projects. I love building user interfaces that make tools more usable and enjoyable for everyone. During Hacktoberfest, I worked on fixing bugs, enhancing accessibility, and optimizing UI components, often working closely with maintainers and other contributors around the world. It was a fantastic experience collaborating on code that reaches real users. One of the most exciting moments was earning the Hacktoberfest T-shirt. It’s a small but meaningful badge that represents my effort and commitment. Additionally, I had a tree planted in my name through Treenation, which was a beautiful surprise. I also earned a variety of digital badges from Holopin that I can showcase on my profile to demonstrate my ongoing engagement with open source. Participating for a third time allowed me to reflect on my growth. I took on more challenging issues and worked with larger teams, which boosted my confidence and skills. The rewards added an extra layer of motivation. Collecting badges and seeing the tree planted made me feel like my work had a positive impact beyond just code. Hacktoberfest has become a yearly tradition that reminds me how fulfilling open source work can be. I plan to continue contributing, especially to projects friendly to newcomers and those that use TypeScript and React. Whether it’s fixing bugs or adding new features, I look forward to making an even bigger impact next year. Thanks to Hacktoberfest, I feel inspired to keep learning, coding, and giving back to the open source community. It truly is about growing together and making a difference.  ( 7 min )

In my last post I covered the Swarm pattern and how multiple specialized agents can collaborate dynamically like an ant colony.👇🏼 Strands Multi-Agent Systems: Swarm Laura Salinas for AWS ・ Oct 24 #aws #agents #ai #learning In this post we'll dive deeper into another of those patterns, Graph. I'll share code snippets and a the repo with examples that you can follow along. While Swarms are all about autonomous collaboration and dynamic handoffs, the Graph pattern brings structure and determinism to multi-agent orchestration. You can think of it as the difference between a jazz band improvising together versus a symphony orchestra following a conductor's score. While both can be powerful, they ultimately serve different purposes. A Graph in Strands is a deter…  ( 9 min )

🧠 Frontend System Design: CSS, CSSOM, and DOM Frontend System Design: CSS, CSSOM, and DOM Rendering Steps 2. How Rendering Flows (Critical Path) 3. How CSS Starts Rendering Progressive Rendering Techniques Goals in Frontend System Design BEM (Block Element Modifier) Tailwind CSS (Utility-First) CSS Modules 7. Trade offs: Developer Velocity vs Runtime Efficiency 8. System Design Analogy Summary Table When you enter a URL or load a page, the browser rendering pipeline begins. HTML Download & Parse Browser starts downloading the HTML. It parses the HTML sequentially (top to bottom). As it parses, it builds the DOM Tree (Document Object Model). Example: Hello → DOM Tree: Document └── div.card └── h2 CSS Download & Parse Browser se…  ( 9 min )

This is a submission for the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Contribution Chronicles. " ✨ Another year, another Hacktoberfest community event and more involvements! ✨ " Hacktoberfest is all about discovery, community, and contributing to open source — but it’s also about personal growth and challenging yourself. As in previous years, I'm participating in Hacktoberfest 2025 🙌 and once again pushed myself to grow! I continue contributing to Animation Nation as both a maintainer and contributor, with a growing focus on creating meaningful impact within the project. The repo focuses on collecting CSS animations — an awesome opportunity for contributors to practice styling and animation skills every year. While the main purpose is animation submissions, we also occasionally welcome meani…  ( 7 min )

Breaking Free from Bias: AI Revolution Heats Up! 🚀 The pursuit of unbiased AI systems has reached a critical juncture, with the recent unveiling of "Causal Attention" by researchers at MIT. This groundbreaking technique is poised to revolutionize the detection and mitigation of AI biases by analyzing cause-and-effect relationships in data. By doing so, Causal Attention has the potential to identify biases that have eluded detection in the past. The underlying issue of AI bias stems from the inherent limitations of machine learning algorithms, which often perpetuate existing societal prejudices. In many cases, these biases can be so subtle that they go unnoticed, resulting in unfair outcomes for certain individuals or groups. For instance, facial recognition systems have been shown to misclassify darker-skinned individuals, leading to potential security breaches and social injustices. Causal Attention's innovative approach involves analyzing the causal relationships between va... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

I just reviewed an enterprise client's AWS bill: $85,000 for the month. This wasn't a scaling success story—it was a collection of expensive mistakes that could have been avoided. After 25 years in tech and 5+ years managing AWS infrastructure at enterprise scale across multiple organizations, I've seen (and made) every costly mistake in the cloud architecture playbook. The good news? You don't have to repeat them. These enterprise lessons apply even more at startup scale, where a $40K mistake isn't just a budget overrun—it's potentially the difference between your next funding round and shutting down. Here are the 7 most expensive AWS architecture mistakes I've encountered, the real-world pain they caused, and—more importantly—exactly how to avoid them. One of my enterprise clients built …  ( 15 min )

new project: nekkoscript I have decided that for my next personal project, I am going to learn how to make my own lil language that I'm calling nekkoscript. Originally, this was going to be interpreted into JavaScript, but after doing some research, I think I want to go with Typescript instead. but why? Why not? I have absolutely no clue what I am doing or even how to write my own language, just like my previous project devKataCLI. I find that if I go in completely blind and learn as I go, that success is far more likely. There is an internal drive to learn that pushes me daily, and that feral goblin is ravenous for knowledge. typescript? The decision to switch from JavaScript to TypeScript was pretty simple to me. I really admire how TypeScript functions and how strict it is with types. I find it forces me to write cleaner code and need to be more present than when I write JavaScript (that is probably just a me problem, but I'm trying to work with my weaknesses here). second language? I was told as a kid, "go big or go home". Well... I am at home already so, I guess I gotta go big. After I finish nekkoscript, I want to work on my own fully compiled programming language. For this one, I will probably lean on Rust (it fascinates me). is that all? For now? Yes. These are some really big goals I have set for myself and I am ecstatic to work on them! Currently, I am following this tutorial series on youtube on making a TypeScript Interpreter. I highly recommend check it out if this topic has piqued your own lil learning goblin. >nikko the nekko header. wip  ( 7 min )

How AI Tools Are Changing Code Reviews Naji Louis ・ Oct 31 #codereview #ai #githubcopilot #softwaredevelopment  ( 6 min )

📈 Measuring Multimodal AI Success: A Key Metric In my research, I've found that a crucial metric for assessing multimodal AI systems is the "Multimodal Consistency Coefficient" (MCC). It calculates the correlation between modalities, such as speech, text, vision, and gestures, to evaluate how well the AI system integrates and synchronizes its outputs across different input channels. A high MCC score indicates that the AI system can effectively fuse information from various sources to produce consistent and accurate results. For instance, consider an AI-powered chatbot that can understand voice commands, read text inputs, and recognize visual cues. To measure its multimodal consistency, the MCC score would analyze the correlation between the chatbot's responses to voice commands, text inputs, and visual cues. If the chatbot consistently produces accurate and relevant responses across all modalities, the MCC score would be high. The MCC score can be calculated using various statist... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

Breaking the Curse of Dimensionality: A Game-Changer for Large-Scale Multi-Task Learning The Transformer architecture has revolutionized the field of natural language processing (NLP) and beyond, achieving state-of-the-art results in a wide range of tasks. However, its reliance on self-attention mechanisms comes with a significant cost: memory requirements that skyrocket with the size of the input. This limitation has made it challenging to apply Transformer-based models to large-scale multi-task learning, where the model needs to process vast amounts of data and multiple tasks simultaneously. The Curse of Dimensionality The curse of dimensionality refers to the phenomenon where the number of data points required to accurately model a high-dimensional space grows exponentially with the dimensionality. In the context of Transformer-based models, this means that the number of attention weights, model parameters, and memory requirements increase exponentially with the input ... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

October 2025 will always hold a special place in my coding journey. Before Hacktoberfest, I had heard about open source countless times. It always fascinated me — the idea of thousands of developers collaborating from around the world. But deep down, I wondered, “Can I really do it? Will my code ever be good enough?” This Hacktoberfest, I decided to stop doubting and start doing. MY FIRST PULL REQUEST SIX PRs, INFINITE LESSONS Here’s what I learned: How to understand and navigate someone else’s codebase How to write cleaner, more maintainable code How to communicate effectively with maintainers How small contributions can make a big difference Every merge wasn’t just a contribution — it was a confidence boost. WHAT'S NEXT If you’re reading this and wondering whether to participate next year — do it. FINAL THOUGHTS It showed me that every line of code can grow into something meaningful — just like that little tree planted somewhere in the world because of a simple pull request. And that’s the beauty of open source — when you give, you grow. 🌿  ( 7 min )

Code review has always been one of the most important parts of software development. But let’s be honest — code reviews can also be time-consuming and repetitive. Traditionally, a developer submits a pull request (PR), and another developer manually reviews it: Check for syntax or formatting issues Ensure naming and structure are consistent Verify logic and potential edge cases Suggest improvements or simplifications It’s an important process, but it often slows things down — especially in teams where everyone is busy coding. AI tools like Copilot (by GitHub) and CodeRabbit are helping automate parts of this process. GitHub Copilot It can: Generate summaries of code changes Suggest possible issues or improvements Even write comments automatically on pull requests So instead of spending tim…  ( 8 min )

A minimal, clean speech-to-text menu bar application for macOS using OpenAI's Whisper. You can download the script here. 🎤 Push-to-talk: Hold Option key to record, release to transcribe 📋 Auto-clipboard: Transcribed text automatically copied to clipboard 🔄 Model selection: Switch between tiny, base, small, and medium models 🎯 Clean & minimal: Simple interface, ~300 lines of code macOS (tested on macOS 10.15+) Python 3.8 or higher Microphone access permissions Copy the whisper-push-to-talk.py somewhere Install uv and run: uv run whisper-push-to-talk.py Note: On macOS, you may need to install PortAudio first for PyAudio: brew install portaudio Grant microphone permissions to Terminal/your Python app when prompted The app will: Show a microphone icon (🎤) in your menu bar Load the Whisper model in the background (first run may take a moment) Display "Ready" when ready to use Option key: Hold to record, release to transcribe, Text appears in clipboard → Ready to paste anywhere Click the menu bar icon → Model → Select your preferred model: tiny: Fastest, lowest accuracy (~1GB) base: Good balance (default, ~1GB) small: Better accuracy (~2GB) medium: Best accuracy (~5GB) Click the menu bar icon → Quit MIT License - Feel free to modify and distribute Built with OpenAI's Whisper model for speech recognition.  ( 6 min )

The future of healthcare is undergoing a paradigm shift, driven by the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies. We're witnessing a transformative transition from mere disease detection to a more holistic approach of precision wellness. This innovative leap enables healthcare providers to adopt AI-driven predictive analytics and personalized health optimization strategies, revolutionizing patient care and outcomes. Imagine a healthcare system where AI-powered algorithms can analyze vast amounts of medical data, predict disease risk, and identify high-risk patients in real-time. With this foresight, healthcare professionals can intervene proactively, preventing illnesses from taking hold and reducing the likelihood of costly treatments down the line. Precision wellness with AI takes it a step further by focusing on the individual's unique needs and health goals. By incorporating advanced analytics, genomics, and wearable device data, healthcare ... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

How an Apparel Business Gets Built | Trap Draw, Ep 366 Neil and TC hit Upstate New York and sit down with Alex Holderness and John Bourne to unpack how they turned their side-hustle into the apparel brand Holderness & Bourne. They dig into backstories, launch hurdles and the surprising parallels between their journey and NLU’s own underdog story. Along the way, they give a shout-out to the Evans Scholars Foundation, big props to sponsors like ServPro, and invite you to join the No Laying Up newsletter, podcast channel or The Nest community for fewer ads, exclusive perks and a sweet annual gift. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

If HashMap is all about speed, then TreeMap is all about order. Let’s explore what makes TreeMap unique and when to use it 👇 🧠 What Is a TreeMap? A TreeMap in Java is a sorted map implementation based on a Red-Black Tree (a type of self-balancing binary search tree). It stores key-value pairs just like a HashMap, import java.util.TreeMap; public class TreeMapDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { TreeMap users = new TreeMap(); users.put(3, "Ali"); users.put(1, "Sara"); users.put(2, "Omar"); System.out.println(users); } } Output: {1=Sara, 2=Omar, 3=Ali} Notice how it sorted the keys automatically 🔥 ⚙️ How It Works Internally TreeMap uses a Red-Black Tree to store entries. When you insert a key, it finds its …  ( 8 min )

Most AI code review tools generate 10-20 comments per PR. The problem? 80% are noise. Here's a framework for measuring signal-to-noise ratio in code reviews - and why it matters more than you think. You open a PR. Your AI code review tool leaves 15 comments: "Consider making this timeout configurable" "Remove unused theme variable" "Use theme values for consistency" "Remove unnecessary optional chaining" "Consider memoizing headers" ...10 more suggestions Somewhere in there are 2 critical bugs that would crash production. Will you find them? Research analyzing 22,000+ AI code review comments across 178 repositories found that concise, focused comments were far more likely to lead to actual code changes [2]. Translation: when you spam developers with suggestions, they ignore everything—i…  ( 9 min )

‘Halloween II’ Podcast Recap The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan dive headfirst into the 1981 sequel Halloween II (starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence), admitting they’re still figuring out what death really means. Along the way, they quiz whether Michael Myers is the greatest horror movie villain of all time and reminisce about the film’s most rewatchable moments. They break the episode into three juicy segments—Is Michael Myers the GOAT Villain? (1:41), Most Rewatchable Scene (33:13), and The Categories (55:51)—with producers Craig Horlbeck, Ronak Nair, Chia Hao Tat, and Eduardo Ocampo keeping the conversation on track. Don’t forget to catch more Ringer content on The Ringer-Verse and Bill Simmons YouTube channels! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Building an Effective Internal Developer Portal (IDP) with Backstage: A Game-Changer for Large Organizations Bal Reddy Cherlapally ・ Jan 18  ( 6 min )

Media types (formerly known as a MIME types) is a standard way to describe the type and format of data being sent or received over the Internet. RFC 6838. email attachments but later adopted by HTTP and many other protocols. Example, when a web server sends a response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/html Hello, World! The header Content-Type: text/html tells the browser that the body contains HTML, so it should render it as a web page. A MIME/Media type consists of just two parts: a type and a subtype, separated by a slash (/) type/subtype The type is the general data category (e.g., video or text), while the subtype is the specific format within that category (e.g., html or plain for the text MIME type). For a complete list of all official MIME types, se…  ( 7 min )

Hacktoberfest has always been a nice start for contributors. This year I contributed into two repositories. I got two prs merged at forem/forem this year. I recently found out that there's actually a dev badge for contributing to forem as well. I hope I'll receive it too if someone notice the post haha 😄 The other repository I found was from the digital ocean's discord and I did some really meaningful contributions. The maintainer and I became good friends and he asked me if I wanna help him maintain the repository. So I was mostly maintaining the project alongside contributing to it as well. This year taught me how to properly manage a repository structure. how we can guide the contributors & how we help them get started. I've always been writing the structured code which is always good for others to understand and work on and I got really positive reviews from contributors as well that they really liked working on the issues that were assigned to them. I helped almost every contributor to do meaningful contributions, letting them know what exactly should we do clearly as communicating effectively is the key. I got one of my team member (friend) to get started with opensource and he's been really motivated to contribute more to opensource in the free time. I've even learnt some new tech alongside the working with open-source. contributing to forem helped me learn so many things how scalable products are made. Its really fun to study system designs :) At last I would say that this hacktoberfest has been really great for me. plus point is I got tees as well so I have something to show off too 😄 I hope u guys liked the post. I'm not really as good at writing but trust me, my code-bases are really clean & easy to navigate.  ( 6 min )

I have been using this little tool for a bit because I don't always get to have docker in some of the specialized environments or platforms I build for. I decided to polish it up and release it. Modern full-stack development is surprisingly complex: Multiple terminals: Frontend on port 3000, API on 4000, docs on 8080 Runtime management: Node 18 for one project, Node 20 for another Proxy configuration: Manually configuring nginx or setting up CORS Environment isolation: Global package pollution and version conflicts Process orchestration: Remembering which services to start in which order This complexity multiplies when you're working on multiple projects. Context switching becomes painful, and onboarding new developers means sharing a 50-step setup guide. Realm is a single CLI tool that re…  ( 10 min )

As part of my Flutter learning journey, I explored how to handle state and user interaction using StatefulWidget and setState(). Today, I built a small app that changes the background color when the screen is tapped — red to green and back again. 💡 What I Learned How to use a StatefulWidget to store and update data that affects the UI. How to use setState() to rebuild widgets when something changes. How to detect user actions using GestureDetector. 🧩 The Code void main() => runApp( class homePage extends StatefulWidget { @override class __myHomePage extends State { @override Color getColor() { 🎯 What’s Next Next, I plan to: Add a smooth color animation transition. Display text like “Tapped!” when the color changes. Continue mastering StatefulWidget before moving to more advanced Flutter concepts. 💬 Final Thought Every line of code is a step forward. If you enjoyed this, follow my journey as I keep learning Flutter and Firebase step-by-step!  ( 6 min )

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Artificial Intelligence I see the boom and I poke at AI. I've got a pretty good understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Data Science. I will NEVER say I'm an expert, but I can hold my own when necessary. My fear has always been misuse. I've heard stories ... People losing work. Databases getting deleted. Students using AI generated products and feeling the understand the content (code or otherwise). Is there a place for AI in the coding world? I firmly believe there is and that we're just beginning to scratch the surface of "good implementations." I also firmly believe that we've got more "poor implementations" than good. A friend of mine, someone that is a good developer, asked me to step in and help him learn CSS. This is a huge task, monumental. I sta…  ( 9 min )

How to move past the struggle for projects and create steady, high-value client work. Independent consultants often rely on introductions from their network to get their next client. They bill by the hour or by project scope. They close deals, but everything feels transactional and inconsistent. This is a plateau. Skill is strong, but long-term stability is missing. That’s why winning high-paying clients is key to building a successful consulting business. A single engagement can stabilize revenue, elevate credibility, and create new referral networks that keep paying off. These are the systems I’ve used to attract high-paying clients to my own consulting business, and coached other consultants on so they can do the same. Define What High-Paying Means for You High-value clients will look d…  ( 8 min )

The Future of Home Automation Just Arrived: 1X Technologies NEO Humanoid Robot shiva shanker ・ Oct 30 #robotics #futurechallenge #ai #devdiscuss  ( 6 min )

Ever wondered why every website's homepage is called index.html? Spoiler: it's not just a random choice, and the story is way cooler than you think. Picture this: you're learning web development, you create your first HTML file, and someone tells you, "Name it index.html." You do it without question. But then, maybe weeks or months later, you're lying in bed and suddenly think... "Wait, WHY index? Why not home.html? Or main.html? Or literally anything else?" Welcome to the club. Let's unpack this mystery together. Here's the plot twist: index.html has nothing to do with indexing your website's content. The name comes from the concept of an index in the old-school, library sense (you know, like the index at the back of a book or a library card catalog). Back in the early 1990s, when Tim Be…  ( 9 min )

In an era where businesses operate across multiple digital channels — from websites and mobile apps to IoT devices and progressive web experiences — one principle defines success: flexibility. Rigid, monolithic architectures can no longer keep up with the pace of change. What organizations need is an adaptable, API-first approach to content and commerce. That’s where Headless CMS Integration steps in. Developers and digital teams around the world are embracing headless systems because they remove the limitations that once slowed innovation. With decoupled content delivery and seamless integrations, businesses can build faster, scale smarter, and future-proof their digital experiences. At its core, a Headless CMS is a content management system that doesn’t dictate how content is presented. …  ( 9 min )

It seems like everywhere you turn, every company is trying to force AI down your throat and tell you just how much you need it. Searching Google? Let AI come up with the answer... Which would be great, except for the technical things I'm typically searching, it's wrong 80% of the time. It's maddening. Writing a post to LinkedIn? Let LinkedIn AI write it for you! Ugh, no, it loses the tone and my voice. Which isn't good or "refined" but it's... human. To be honest, I think the thing that frustrates me most about AI is that it's SO CONFIDENTLY wrong. And when I try to correct it, "You're absolutely right! Let me fix that." The agreeableness of AI drives me mad. Sometimes I just wish it would acknowledge it DOESN'T know the answer. That being said, Apple released research explaining why these…  ( 9 min )

Introducción Aurora DSQL de Amazon es una base de datos relacional distribuida y sin servidor, diseñada para manejar cargas de trabajo transaccionales de forma eficiente. Permite crear clústeres en una sola región o en múltiples regiones, conectarse a ellos y cargar esquemas de ejemplo. A través de la consola de administración de AWS y la herramienta psql, los usuarios pueden interactuar con la base de datos. Al finalizar la configuración, se obtiene un clúster de Aurora DSQL completamente funcional, listo para usarse en entornos de prueba o producción. Según la documentación, Aurora DSQL es compatible con ORMs y otras herramientas comunes utilizadas para interactuar con bases de datos en aplicaciones backend. En los ejemplos que se presentan a continuación, se mostrará de manera rápida …  ( 10 min )

This is a submission for the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Contribution Chronicles Hey, folks! I'm Anirudhha, and this October has been a whirlwind — a firestorm of coding, learning, epic late nights, and pure developer joy. Buckle up, because this blog reflects every high and low, every victory, and every bug squashed during my Hacktoberfest 2025 ride. I joined Hacktoberfest hunting for projects that spark growth and creativity. After exploring issues on GitHub, my top two picks were: 100 Lines of Python Code: Build anything fun in just 100 lines! React Newbie Helpdesk: Perfect for flexing my frontend muscles and learning from real-world challenges. Why? I wanted projects blending community, mentorship, and technical impact. One challenge was optimizing code for …  ( 7 min )

I recently stumbled into the world of Rust—or, as they say in French, "Rouille." And let me tell you, it’s been a wild ride! Ever wondered why so many developers are jumping on this bandwagon? I mean, Rust isn’t just a trend; it’s making waves for a reason. I’ve spent countless evenings diving into its features, and I can’t wait to share my journey, a mix of excitement, confusion, and those "aha!" moments. So, let’s start with the basics. I was knee-deep in Python and JavaScript, vibing with their simplicity and flexibility, but I kept hearing the praises of Rust echoing in every tech podcast and blog. People were raving about its speed and memory safety. I thought, "What if I told you that low-level programming could be both safe and efficient?" Cue my curiosity! When I finally plunged in…  ( 9 min )

The switch statement is used to check multiple conditions and it runs different code block based on the matching value. If you use more number of if-else-if statements and you use a switch statements. If you use a switch statement the cleaner code, easy to understand. let day; switch(day) { case 1: console.log("Sunday") break; case : console.log("Monday") break; case 3: console.log("Tuesday") break; }  ( 6 min )

🧠 System Design: Facebook News Feed (Frontend) System Design: Facebook News Feed (Frontend) 1. General Requirements Top Level Layout Story Component StoryCard Comment Component CommentList Create Comment Component CreateComment Component Hierarchy 3. Data Entities 4. Data APIs 5. Data Store (Frontend State Management) 6. Infinite Scrolling (Old Feeds) 7. Real Time New Feeds via SSE 8. Complete Feed Flow A. Network Performance B. Rendering Performance C. JS Performance 10. Accessibility (A11y) 11. Example Flow: Combined Infinite Scroll SSE 12. Endpoint Summary Final Summary Display feed/stories from people the user follows. User can create posts (text, image, video). Users can Like, Share, and Comment. Should support Infinite Scrolling: Fetch older feeds as you scroll down. Show new …  ( 9 min )

This is a submission for the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Open Source Reflections Hello everyone, I’m Anirudhha Adak — a web developer, open source enthusiast, and active participant in Hacktoberfest. Here’s a reflection on my open source journey throughout Hacktoberfest 2025, how it all began, and my thoughts for the future. This month was all about meaningful contributions! My focus was on the 100 Lines of Python Code challenge — an exciting community project where developers build creative mini-tools within 100 lines. I also worked on various JavaScript and React issues, sharpening my frontend and backend development skills. Each pull request I submitted was a unique learning experience: from debugging tricky modules to collaborating with maintainers on feature improvements. H…  ( 7 min )

In 2025, cybersecurity isn’t just a compliance checkbox—it’s baked into system design, deployment pipelines, and incident response workflows. As organizations accelerate cloud adoption, embrace remote collaboration, and integrate third-party services, the attack surface has expanded far beyond the perimeter. For engineering teams—especially in small or mid-sized companies without dedicated security staff—this creates a gap between what’s built and what’s protected. This post is inspired by original analysis from AI Cyber Experts and reframed for developers, DevOps engineers, and tech leads who need to understand how modern Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can complement (or even extend) their security posture. Why MSPs Matter to Technical Teams MDR/XDR with EDR agents on dev workstations and build servers Real Incidents, Real Lessons Change Healthcare (Feb 2024): A third-party remote access tool became the initial vector—underscoring supply chain risk in vendor integrations. Evaluating an MSP: Technical Criteria That Matter Do they integrate with your existing stack (SIEM, IAM, cloud providers)? Beyond Defense: Enabling Safe Innovation Reducing firefighting from preventable breaches Looking Ahead AI-driven anomaly detection in CI/CD pipelines Final Thought For additional context on evolving cyber strategies, refer to resources from AI Cyber Experts.  ( 8 min )

Ever find yourself writing the same replies over and over again? Yeah, me too. That's why I created Smart Reply Assistant, a Chrome extension that uses AI to suggest automatic replies for you. Gives you 5 smart reply options for any message Adjusts the tone – professional, casual, short and sweet, whatever you need Works with OpenRouter's AI models (even the free ones) Your API key, your control – totally private Easy to set up on cloud services or run locally Who's it for? Anyone tired of repetitive messages – freelancers juggling clients, support teams answering tickets, or just regular people who want to reply faster without sounding like a robot. Chrome extension (Manifest V3) Node.js backend Powered by OpenRouter API Install the extension Hook up your backend (or use Docker locally) 🔗 Grab it on GitHub: https://github.com/mahmud-r-farhan/smart-reply Could you stop wasting time on repetitive replies? Let AI handle the heavy lifting while you focus on what actually matters.  ( 6 min )

Issue #304 - Optimization, and more This article was originally published on GameDevDigest.com Enjoy! New Unity 6 profiling and performance e-books are live - Hey all. Your friendly neighborhood Unity Community Manager Trey here again. Earlier this year we updated our full suite of profiling and performance optimization e-books for Unity 6, and they’re all free. If you're working on anything with complex performance needs, these guides are packed with actionable examples and Unity consultant-backed workflows. Whether you're targeting console, PC, mobile, XR, or web, there’s something in here for you. old.reddit.com Market Insights Calculator - PlatformFirst, describe your game. What's the genre and where will people play it? This helps to see where your game fits in the market and est…  ( 34 min )

Can’t wait to be back in pro golf for an Asian Tour International Series event—our main goal? Make the cut and have a blast sharing every shot with you. Subscribe to the newsletter, hop into our Discord or catch us live on Twitch to stay in on all the behind-the-scenes fun. We’re putting gear from Foresight Sports, Bushnell, LAB Putters, Takomo, Rhoback and Bruce Bolt Gloves to the test (plus hooking you up with discount codes!). Don’t forget to follow on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all the highlights and bloopers. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Jeff Su spent nine years teaching over 6,600 Googlers his slick CORE productivity system: Capture everything the moment it pops up, Organize with zero fuss, Review on a set schedule, and Engage by carving out dedicated execution time. It syncs with any app or tool you already love, kicks in as habit in about two weeks, and saves you from the “I’ll remember this later” trap. No more relying on willpower alone—just a clear, four-step loop that turns random ideas and tasks into a stress-free, actionable plan. Whether you’re using Notion, Google Keep, or good ol’ pen and paper, CORE helps you stay on top of every to-do without breaking a sweat. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Hello, everyone. Today, I want to discuss a pattern you might have encountered, even though it's not very common. This pattern is rarely used, but let's take a closer look at it. We'll explore when it should be applied and examine its advantages and disadvantages. The main point of this pattern is that it allows you to separate an algorithm from the object structure. In other words, if you have a complex class hierarchy and want to perform different operations without modifying these classes, the Visitor pattern is ideal. For example, consider having employees of two types: full-time and contractors. You may want to calculate taxes for each group, generate reports, or compute bonuses. Instead of adding new methods to every employee class, you can use the Visitor pattern to implement these…  ( 14 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins is back to roast Tim Burton’s black-and-white canine resurrection tale in under 15 minutes, gleefully pointing out every plot quirk, pacing hiccup and “science” fail—even though they secretly adore the movie. Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel all chip in their sinning talents to ensure no eyebrow goes unraised. While you’re giggling at their nitpicks, you can stalk them on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit, join the Discord, vote in their sinful poll, dive into their other YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins), or back the team on Patreon for more hilariously unhinged movie dissections. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins is here to rip apart one of the best genre movies of the year in under 15 minutes—Halloween style—while pointing you to their main site, YouTube family (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork) and a quick poll so they can learn more about you. Fancy supporting the mayhem? Hit up their Patreon. For all the latest, they’ve got a Linktree, a Discord server, a Reddit community, and socials on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Shout-outs to writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel for making it all happen. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

You have just started a business or are planning to launch your own tech startup. Amazing! But before you move too fast, take a minute and think—what really sets your company apart? Most likely, it’s your ideas, your technology, your unique brand. All of that is your intellectual property (IP). Safeguarding your IP is one of the smartest moves you can make early on. If you don’t, someone else could claim your best work, leaving your company exposed and vulnerable before it even gets off the ground. Here’s what every founder needs to know about protecting IP. What is intellectual property and why does it matter? Intellectual property is a legal term for creations of the mind—your inventions, product designs, brand name, logo, marketing materials, software, even processes or trade secrets. S…  ( 9 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage Predator – Caravan of Garbage kicks off a four-week romp through the first four Predator flicks, starting with Schwarzenegger’s 1987 classic. The hosts hail Predator as the ultimate ’80s action-sci-fi mash-up—think mud-spattered muscles, invisible alien hunts, laser blasts, and nail-biting creature design. Want more? Swing by bigsandwich.co for early videos, bonus podcasts, and game streams, follow James and Maso on Twitter, subscribe on YouTube, grab the TWP podcast on iTunes, and rock some merch to show your Predator pride! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator 2 – Caravan of Garbage Predator 2 hit theaters in 1990 to ride on the first film’s success, swapping Schwarzenegger’s jungle for Danny Glover’s crime-ridden, heat-wave–soaked LA. A new, nastier Predator awaits, and a surprise Gary Busey cameo adds an extra twist. It’s not a shot-for-shot reboot of the original, but if you’re cool with an urban spin on the hunt—and don’t mind a bit of chaos—it’s a fun, fresh take on the franchise. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Learn the key differences between ArrayList and LinkedList in Java with easy examples, use cases, and best practices to master Java collections confidently. Imagine you’re organizing a queue of people at a concert. Sometimes you need quick access to the fifth person in line, and other times, you just need to add or remove people from the queue efficiently. In Java programming, these real-life situations are handled by two powerful data structures — ArrayList and LinkedList. Both are part of the Java Collections Framework, and both implement the List interface. But the way they store and manage data is very different. Understanding when to use which one can make your Java programs faster, more memory-efficient, and easier to maintain. In this blog, you’ll learn the core differences between …  ( 8 min )

Medium Just Made Your Audience Invisible Let me tell you about the email I can't send. I've been writing on Medium for five years. Built up a decent following—nothing spectacular, but real people who clicked that "notify me by email" button because they wanted to hear from me specifically. Then one morning in April 2025, Medium changed the rules. Quietly. No announcement. No migration plan. Just a single line buried in their help docs: "Email addresses are no longer shared with writers when readers subscribe to receive email notifications about stories from a writer." Just like that, everyone who subscribed after April became invisible. I was setting up my own newsletter. Not to leave Medium—I still valued the platform—but to have my own channel. A backup. A direct line. You know, like e…  ( 12 min )

Product update from the CloudWise journey Many users struggled to monitor AWS spending in real-time, leading to unexpected bills. This came up repeatedly in user feedback, so I knew it needed to be prioritized. The feature includes: Real-time spending alerts Custom budget thresholds Detailed cost breakdowns Built using AWS Lambda and CloudWatch for seamless data aggregation and notifications. Users reported cutting costs from $2000/month to $200 by actively monitoring and adjusting workloads. Building this feature taught me: User feedback trumps personal roadmap preferences Simple solutions often work better than complex ones Shipping quickly beats perfect implementation Check out Cost Tracker in your CloudWise dashboard today! Always curious what the dev community thinks - what features would you find most valuable in an AWS cost optimization tool? Follow along as I build CloudWise in public. More updates coming soon!  ( 6 min )

Introduction When building a web application, you typically add authorisation checks to ensure that users can only access resources they are permitted to. For example, on a blogging platform, you'd want to ensure that users can only edit or delete their own posts, and not the posts of other users. If a user tries to access a resource they aren't authorised to, you'd typically return an HTTP 403 response, which pretty much means "Go away! You're not allowed to do that!". But in this article, we're going to discuss the idea of returning an HTTP 404 response in these situations instead. We'll also look at how to implement this in a Laravel application, and some of the things you should consider before doing so. Typically, when you return an HTTP 403 response, you're indicating that the reso…  ( 11 min )

When a doctor recommends a PET scan, one of the first questions patients often ask is about the PET scan price in Delhi. Understanding how much the scan costs and what factors affect the pricing can help you plan better. Delhi offers several advanced diagnostic centres that perform PET scans at different rates, but it’s important to choose a centre that provides both accuracy and transparency. A PET scan (Positron Emission Tomography) is a type of imaging test that helps doctors see how your body’s organs and tissues are functioning. It uses a special radioactive tracer to highlight activity in cells, giving detailed information that other scans like CT or MRI may not provide. This test is especially useful for detecting cancer, heart disease, and brain disorders. Because of its accuracy, …  ( 8 min )

🌌 Meet Xlorin — The AI That Thinks Like You (Only Faster) We The Developers ・ Oct 31 #ai #javascript #programming #productivity  ( 6 min )

Hi lovely readers, Have you ever found yourself typing the same type name twice when creating an object in C#? For example Person person = new Person(); feels a little repetitive, doesn’t it? Modern C# fixes this small annoyance with a simple but powerful feature called target-typed new. It helps you write cleaner, shorter, and more readable code while keeping everything strongly typed. In this blog post, we are going to explore target-typed new, when to use it, and how it can make your code a little bit nicer to look at. Does your application create a lot of objects? Do you like tidy syntax and less typing? Continue reading and I’ll show you how. new Cleaner code Target-typed new lets the compiler infer the type from the context. You no longer have to repeat it. // Before Person p…  ( 8 min )

Ever opened your old project, looked at a line of code, and thought… “Who the hell wrote this mess?” …and then Git calmly whispered: “It was you. Two years ago.” 😅 Been there. Many times. good sign! So instead of crying over past monstrosities, let’s laugh at them together 😂 “legendary” mistakes — maybe you’ll recognize a few of your own. 1️⃣ text-align: left; that’s how you center things 😅 2️⃣ console.log('DEBUGGING...'); 3️⃣ if (this.isAdmin) { giveAllPermissions(); } trust? 💀 4️⃣ setTimeout(() => doSomething(), 10000); still running strong 💪 5️⃣ border: 1px solid red; 6️⃣ document.querySelector('#id').innerHTML = userInput 7️⃣ Array(10).fill({}) 8️⃣ window.location.reload() 9️⃣ style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100vw;height:100vh;" 🔟 git reset --hard HEAD~1 HEAD~1 was… instantly regretted 🪦 // quick fix for demo 💬 Your turn! your most cursed line of code? 😏 👋 I’m Sylwia, I break code so you don’t have to. https://sylwialask.substack.com/  ( 7 min )

Organizing tournaments can be surprisingly complex - from scheduling matchups to tracking winners, managing multiple formats, and keeping everything visually clear. That's where a tournament generator or bracket maker comes in. In this post, we'll go over how you can build a bracket generator that helps users easily create and manage tournaments for sports, gaming, and community events - all in one streamlined took. Whether you want to create a simple single elimination bracket or a full-featured tournament management app, this guide covers the key steps. Before writing any code or designing screens, start with the logic of the tournament itself. Most tournament bracket generators include several main formats: Single Elimination - once you lose, you're out. Double Elimination - a second ch…  ( 8 min )

Flexbox is powerful — but mastering it feels like fighting hordes of CSS rules. Instead of relying solely on cheat sheets or guessing in dev tools, why not level up your skills? Flexbox Zombies lets you build flex layouts through gamified, zombie-themed challenges Each level forces you to use a flex property correctly (e.g. justify-content, align-items, flex-wrap) to survive the horde. 🎮 Play to learn. 🧩 Turn confusion into clarity. 📚 When the CSS army attacks, you’ll know how to defend with confidence. 🔗 flexboxzombies.com  ( 6 min )

For this week’s Hacktoberfest contribution, I worked on improving documentation for the Hiero SDK Python project. The repository provides a set of tools and abstractions for handling tokens and custom fees in the Hiero network. I found an open issue titled "Add module, class, and method docstrings to custom_fee.py". The maintainers wanted comprehensive Google-style docstrings for the CustomFee abstract base class and its methods. The goal was to improve readability, contributor understanding, and maintainability. I had to first ask if I can contribute to the project and await approval before proceeding. I forked and cloned the repository from Github and created a new branch called issue-680-docstrings-customfee. I later on added a module level docstring describing the purpose of the file and completed the issue requirements. I then committed and pushed the changes to my fork and opened a pull request to the main repository. This issue helped me practice writing Google-style docstrings consistently, understand how abstract base classes work in Python and enhance my skills in GitHub contributing to another open source repository. I appreciated how clear documentation improves project accessibility for new contributors. Overall, this was a smooth one. I had to search on how to add a GPG key on GitHub as I did not have one and this was a requirement in the owners contributing.md file as well as DCO signing. I understood this was to ensure professional collaboration and I liked it a sit was my first time ending up with signed commits.  ( 6 min )

Have you ever tried to push a commit to a Git branch without changing any files in order to re-run your integration process? If yes then you are at the right corner. git commit --allow-empty -m “Message” For continuous integration, we are using AWS CI/CD delivery pipelines which allow us to build, test and deploy applications on a single push to a specific git branch. It helps us to reduce the manual overhead of deploying code to the server and handle all the actions automatically. But today I faced a problem where I needed to re-run my delivery pipeline of a branch without adding any extra space or changing any files in the repository, so I searched for the solution for a while and It turns out that Git is allowing us to push an empty commit without adding any staged files to the branch, by using one option --allow-empty during git commit. Enough of the problem, let’s jump on to the solution git add . git commit -m "changes on app controller" git push origin master The above commands will add all unstaged files and add commit and push the code to the master branch, after that our delivery pipeline will be started. Once the pipeline process fails or you need to run the process again, you will have to push something to the branch but as I mentioned earlier, we will not make any changes to the files, and even then, We will be able to commit the branch with this command. Pushing empty commit git commit --allow-empty -m "rerunning the delivery pipeline" git push origin master After the above commands, you can see that the commit has been pushed to your branch and the delivery pipeline will be started.  ( 7 min )

Hey there! 👋 I recently finished Kaggle’s Intro to Machine Learning course, and to put my new skills into practice, I built a Spam Message Classifier — an AI that can tell whether a text message is spam or not. If you’ve ever wondered how Gmail filters spam emails automatically, this post will help you understand how that works (and how you can make one yourself)! Don’t worry if you’re starting from zero. I’ll explain everything line by line — no background knowledge required. 🧠✨ How to train a simple AI model to detect spam messages How to clean and prepare a dataset How to evaluate your model’s performance Why learning this is useful and where you can go next Let’s start by importing the tools we’ll need. import pandas as pd import numpy as np from sklearn.model_selection import train…  ( 8 min )

At Etherspot’s recent X Space, “All About EIP-7702 Infra,” voices from the Ethereum Foundation, Optimism, and PillarX joined to explore the purpose, architecture, and future of the EIP-7702 infrastructure. The discussion shed light on how it enhances the experience for existing externally owned account (EOA) users, strengthens Ethereum’s decentralization, and fits into the broader account abstraction roadmap. Kicking off the conversation, Tom Teman from the Ethereum Foundation addressed a common question: how EIP-7702 relates to ERC-4337. “7702 is a great solution for existing EOAs, for users who already have wallets and assets. It allows them to upgrade their experience without changing accounts,” said Tom. “For new users, however, ERC-4337 remains the better starting point.” While the tw…  ( 8 min )

Let’s be honest - not every fintech or Web3 startup needs to reinvent the wheel (or the wallet). In 2025, Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS) has become one of the smartest infrastructure choices for businesses that want to integrate crypto without drowning in backend chaos. When I first explored WaaS integrations for a project, I was skeptical. How secure could it really be if someone else manages the private keys? Fast-forward a few months, and I realized something simple but profound - WaaS doesn’t replace control, it replaces complexity. At its heart, WaaS is like Stripe for digital assets - an API-driven service that lets companies launch crypto wallets instantly, without touching the messy parts of blockchain infrastructure. Instead of spending months on key management, node maintenance, or c…  ( 7 min )

We are moving towards tech tech-driven year 2026, and now a developer’s capability to implement AI automation is not defined by coding skills alone. The true test lies in how well they connect AI technology with business objectives to deliver measurable results. You can consider the following points in evolving developers’ capabilities to implement ai automation in business workflows. 1. Technical Foundation 2. Business Understanding 3. Problem-Solving and Adaptability 4. Collaboration and Communication A reliable AI staffing agency can help organizations find developers who blend technical depth with strategic thinking. This combination ensures AI automation drives real business outcomes, not just technical innovation.  ( 7 min )

In the realm of web development, performance is frequently treated as an afterthought—a quality to be optimised after core functionality is delivered. This approach, however, is fundamentally flawed. Performance is not a feature; it is a foundational requirement, as critical as security, accessibility, or functional correctness. Clients may not explicitly demand a response time of ‘X milliseconds,’ but they will undoubtedly express dissatisfaction if a site feels sluggish or unresponsive. This guide provides a structured approach to integrating performance thinking into the development lifecycle, ensuring that web services are robust, efficient, and scalable from the outset. The most effective method for ensuring high performance is to consider it during the initial architecture and design…  ( 10 min )

This is a submission for the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Contribution Chronicles. This October, I did something I’d been planning for years — I participated in Hacktoberfest 2025, my first ever open-source event. 🌍 I didn’t know what to expect. I just knew one thing — it was time to stop being a spectator and start being a contributor. Before Hacktoberfest, I had only worked on personal projects and tutorials. I’d seen open-source repos with hundreds of contributors, and I always thought: “That’s for pros — not for someone like me.” But this year, I wanted to prove myself wrong. So I made a simple rule: 👉 Don’t aim to be perfect. Aim to participate. And that mindset changed everything. Here’s my proudest digital moment — the badge that marks the start of something bigger…  ( 8 min )

Ever felt that surge of panic when you have 10,000 tasks to run? // The "Oh No" Pattern ...And just like that, you've accidentally DDOSed your own database, hit every rate limit imaginable, or maxed out your CPU. I’ve been there. The system grinds to a halt. What we need is not an uncontrolled flood; we need a disciplined factory. We need a Worker Pool. And in Go, you can build a robust, minimal pool using just three core components: a channel for the jobs, a sync.WaitGroup for control, and a for...range loop to run the workers. The "Factory" Components Instead of hiring a new "worker" (goroutine) for every single task, we'll hire a fixed crew of 5-10 workers and give them a conveyor belt (the channel) of tasks. The "To-Do List" (Jobs Channel): This is our conveyor belt. Tasks get put on…  ( 8 min )

A few years ago, I developed No Escape?!, originally built in Unity as a fast-paced infinite runner inspired by classic arcade reflex games. In September 2023, Unity announced a new runtime fee model, charging developers a fee per install once certain revenue and install thresholds were exceeded. This made me question the long-term sustainability of staying in that ecosystem. Even though Unity later reversed the policy, the event served as a wake-up call. I decided to rebuild the game from the ground up in Godot 4, using C# instead of Unity. This was a significant challenge and a great learning experience, particularly when adapting gameplay systems, input handling, and Android integrations to Godot’s open-source workflow. Rebuilding the game helped me appreciate how lightweight, flexibl…  ( 7 min )

🎃 10 Spooky Engineering Antipatterns That Haunt Your Codebase (And How to Exorcise Them) 👻 When Fear Takes Control Let me be honest with you from the start—this isn't going to be one of those perfectly academic blog posts filled with textbook definitions and pristine case studies. This is real talk about real engineering nightmares I've lived through, and I'm willing to bet you've experienced many of them too. Here's the terrifying truth: when deadlines loom and fear creeps in, we all commit similar antipatterns. It doesn't matter if you're a junior engineer or a seasoned tech lead—fear blocks our rational thinking. That looming sprint deadline, that critical production release, that executive breathing down your neck—they all trigger the same response: shortcuts, compromise…  ( 10 min )

Not sure how things go in other countries, but here in Brazil, dodging unwanted calls has become a national sport — if only there were medals for it. Every day, we’re bombarded by scammers, telemarketers, and don’t forget that one guy in prison who swears he's kidnapped your relative, hoping you'll panic and send him money to "save" them. The prison guy is easy to deal with. You just hang up, and he’ll move on to his next victim. But scammers and telemarketers? They’re like the T-1000 in Terminator 2. They never stop. These folks are relentless, almost admirable in their stubbornness. Some might even call them resilient… if they weren’t so incredibly annoying. And when I say annoying, I really mean it. Somehow, they’ve mastered the art of calling at the absolute worst times. Whether it’s d…  ( 8 min )

Today, in the modern digital age, supply chains are no longer about simply transporting goods from point A to B; it's increasingly about using technology to enhance operations, visibility, and decision-making. This is exactly where the components of an e-supply chain come into place. But what are these e supply chain components, and why are they so important in today's business concerns? This guide explores the essential elements that constitute an electronic supply chain. E Supply Chain Component e-supply chain components are the different digital tools, platforms, and processes incorporated within every step of the supply chain. These components enable a business to efficiently manage procurement, production, inventory, logistics, and customer relationships. It means that by understand…  ( 8 min )

ServiceNow roles and responsibilities form the backbone of effective IT Service Management (ITSM) in modern enterprises. As a leading ITSM platform, ServiceNow helps organizations streamline workflows, automate processes, and enhance IT operations. Clearly defined roles from system administration to development and process management promote efficiency and accountability, allowing teams to maximize the platform’s potential and deliver faster, more reliable IT services. In fact, ServiceNow is projected to maintain roughly 44.4% of the global ITSM market share over the forecast period 2024–2029, underscoring its dominance and trust in the industry. Whether it’s configuring modules, managing incidents, or creating automated workflows, knowing the specific ServiceNow roles allows teams to leve…  ( 13 min )

Our Best Golf Challenge EVER Rick Shiels, James Robinson & Guy Charnock take on a fresh twist: 18 holes, one goal—break 75—but whoever pulls the Yellow Ball plays the hole completely solo. No safety net, zero help, just pure pressure golf with massive momentum swings, epic saves, total meltdowns and plenty of classic banter. Can they still beat 75 under these conditions? Rick’s also got limited-edition merch, a golf podcast and an equipment review channel—all designed to help you play better golf and have more fun on the course. Don’t forget to subscribe and let him know if you’d take on the Yellow Ball Challenge yourself! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Productivity System I Taught to 6,642 Googlers Jeff Su’s CORE workflow is a four-step productivity hack he’s taught at Google over nine years. It handles all workplace info by having you 1) Capture everything immediately, 2) Organize with minimal friction, 3) Review in scheduled sessions, and 4) Engage by blocking dedicated time to execute. It works in any tool you already use and becomes second nature in about two weeks—no more relying on memory or willpower alone. Alongside timestamps walking you through the basics, in-action demo, and a breakdown of why CORE works, Jeff shares links to his blog, newsletter, templates, the Workspace Academy, and even his favorite gear. Everything you need to build a powerful personal workflow is just a click away. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

If you’re an engineer, you already understand systems, scalability, and optimization. What you may not realize is that those same principles apply directly to investing — especially when it comes to ETFs. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are one of the most efficient ways to grow wealth over time. They’re structured, automated, and designed for consistency — the same traits that make good code reliable. Here’s a simple, engineer-friendly breakdown of how ETFs work, why they matter, and how to use them as your foundation for long-term financial growth. What Exactly Is an ETF? An Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is a collection of stocks, bonds, or other assets bundled into one investment that trades on the stock market — just like a share of a company. If you buy one share of an ETF, you’re automat…  ( 8 min )

Dennis Wimberly, founder and CEO of Wimberly Media, is redefining what innovation means in the entertainment industry. Known also as DJ Wimberly, he’s built a culture where creativity meets technology — a space where ideas turn into platforms that reach audiences around the globe. Under his leadership, Wimberly Media, along with Hitmakers Radio and Global Media Inc, has evolved into a powerhouse of digital entertainment, inspiring a new generation of media entrepreneurs. The Foundation of Innovation at Wimberly Media The story of Wimberly Media begins with a simple vision: to use technology as a bridge between creators and their audiences. Dennis Wimberly understood early on that the future of entertainment would depend on data-driven storytelling, AI integration, and human creativity. “In…  ( 7 min )

In today’s dynamic digital landscape, storytelling has become the backbone of brand communication. Businesses, bloggers, and creators are constantly searching for fresh ways to connect with audiences, share authentic experiences, and build credibility. One trend that’s reshaping the way stories are told online is guest contributions — a collaborative approach where individuals or brands contribute content to external platforms. content collaboration. Let’s dive deep into how this approach is transforming digital storytelling and why it should be part of your content strategy moving forward. ** ** ** ** **From an SEO standpoint, guest contributions are gold. High-quality guest articles often include backlinks to your website, improving your search engine rankings and domain authority. ** *Guest contributions are not just about one-time content exchanges — they’re the foundation for lasting professional relationships. 8. Humanizing Your Brand ** ** ** ** Guest contributions are not just a marketing trend — they’re a paradigm shift in how stories are shared and consumed online. By combining creativity, expertise, and collaboration, this approach empowers brands to reach wider audiences, enhance credibility, and craft authentic stories that resonate. The future of digital storytelling lies in content collaboration — where ideas are co-created, audiences are shared, and value is multiplied. Whether you’re a business, creator, or thought leader, embracing guest contributions is the next step toward building meaningful, impactful, and human-centric digital narratives. In the ever-evolving world of content, collaboration isn’t just an option — it’s the future.  ( 10 min )

The Developer’s Focus Problem: Why Your To-Do App Is Failing You (and What Actually Works) 💡 Meta Summary Stop managing tasks and start managing focus. Most to-do apps are built for managers, flooding developers with notifications and killing deep work. This guide breaks down the science of developer productivity — from context switching to attention residue — and reveals the tools designed to protect your focus. You have ten tabs open, three PRs to review, a Jira ticket half done, and a Slack ping blinking in your periphery. You open your “productivity” app—only to spend ten more minutes reorganizing tasks. Sound familiar? Most to-do apps are built for managers, not makers. They optimize for visibility, reporting, and delegation—not for deep, focused, cognitive work. For dev…  ( 10 min )

Σε αυτό το άρθρο, θα προσπαθήσουμε να περιγράφουμε την σημαντικότητα της επικύρωσης των δεδομένων, θα περιγράψουμε που γίνεται, σε ποιο layer, αλλά και μία βιβλιοθήκη για να καλύψουμε αυτή την ανάγκη. θα δούμε βήμα βήμα την υλοποίησή του μέσα στο project Clean Architecture με επεξήγηση κάθε βήματος. Πάμε λοιπόν να προσθέσουμε FluentValidation για όλες τις οντότητες (Student, Lesson, Department, User) — για τα Create και Update DTOs — με καθαρή δομή, ενιαία εγγραφή στο DI και παράδειγμα controller ώστε να δουλεύει όλο end-to-end. Βήμα 0 — Πακέτο Στην βιβλιοθήκη application κάνε εγκατάσταση το παρακάτω nuget. dotnet add package FluentValidation.AspNetCore Βήμα 1 — Δομή φακέλων (στο παράδειγμά μας μπορεί να υπάρχουν και υποφάκελοι με τις οντότητες Student, Lesson και Department) Βάλε τους val…  ( 9 min )

Last night, an Azure outage took down several sites my company maintains. While the servers were running, a critical downstream service — the headless CMS, Umbraco Cloud — was down. The result? Users saw a blank page. They did what any of us would do: they refreshed, and refreshed again. This flood of requests hammered the services, even though the root cause was elsewhere. When a site's availability depends on other services, it is vulnerable to their downtime. A simple, robust maintenance page served from the edge is a cost-effective solution to this problem. It provides a clear, calm message to users, letting them know we're aware of the issue and working on it. This — hopefully! — stops the frantic refreshing that can overload the infrastructure. This article will guide you through cre…  ( 8 min )

Every developer knows the frustration of trying to learn a new framework or library under time pressure. Tutorials are too long, docs are too dense, and by the time you finish reading, the syntax has already changed. The smartest devs in 2025 aren’t learning harder — they’re learning smarter, with AI-powered workflows that automate everything from note-taking to code explanation. Here are seven proven AI study workflows that can help you learn faster, retain more, and build skills that actually stick. 1. The “Explain Like I’m Five” Debug Loop Whenever you hit a bug, don’t just paste the error into ChatGPT or Coursiv’s AI tutor — ask it to explain why it happened in the simplest possible terms. Prompt example: “Explain this error like I’m five. Then give me one beginner-friendly and one a…  ( 8 min )

When using (and building) AI agents, I kept running into the same frustrating problem: as conversations grew longer, my agents would either lose important details from earlier in the conversation or hit context limits and crash. The standard solution—a sort of aggressive summarization—worked for maintaining context flow, but it created a new problem: those summaries were lossy. Important details, specific numbers, exact quotes, and nuanced context could vanish into their generalizations. I needed something better: a memory system that could maintain conversation flow through intelligent summarization while preserving the ability to retrieve exact historical messages when needed. After researching the broad topic of context engineering, I built a proof-of-concept Semantic Summarizing Conver…  ( 14 min )

Search is everywhere, whether you’re looking for a product on Amazon, a tweet on X, or a log entry in your system. But not all searches are created equal. A simple SQL LIKE '%term%' query just doesn’t cut it when your users expect lightning-fast, typo-tolerant, and contextually smart results. That's where full-text search engines like OpenSearch, Elasticsearch and Meilisearch come in. In this article, we’ll explore why full-text search matters, how it works behind the scenes, and walk through a hands-on Meilisearch example you can run locally using Docker, Postman, or any other tool capable of making HTTP requests such as cURL. Full-text search allows users to find relevant results based on textual content and not exact matches. Instead of scanning through every record in a database, searc…  ( 10 min )

In the previous article, we implemented a basic permissions system for our forum, supporting "administrator" and "user banning" capabilities, laying the groundwork for a healthy community. As the forum accumulates more content, users might find it difficult to locate old posts they are interested in. A new requirement is emerging: shouldn't there be a search function to help users quickly find the articles they want to read? In this article, we are going to add a full-text search feature to our forum. If you have some knowledge of SQL, you might be thinking: can't we just use a LIKE '%keyword%' query to implement search? For simple scenarios, this is indeed possible. But LIKE queries perform extremely poorly when dealing with large amounts of text and cannot understand linguistic complexit…  ( 11 min )

In the fast-changing world of content creation, images and videos are key to making sure your message is successful. For teams that work on creative and marketing projects, it's really important to have images that are always of the same high standard. But editing these images by hand takes a long time. That's where a Batch Background Remover Tool can really help. These tools can handle hundreds of images at once. They remove distractions, fix the edges, and get the visuals ready for campaigns. For busy teams, it means less time editing and more time coming up with creative ideas. Today's digital world relies heavily on images. Every campaign, social media post and e-commerce listing relies on images that look professional and consistent. It's hard to keep up with demand for speed and accu…  ( 11 min )

Introduction OSparkApi, a universal intelligent agent orchestration system built upon MiroMindAI's open-source MiroFlow project, centers its innovation around one critical capability: sophisticated event-driven streaming response processing. This architecture, rooted in MiroFlow's robust foundations, enables seamless handling of dynamic agent interactions while maintaining exceptional flexibility and scalability. Leveraging MiroFlow's architectural principles, OSparkApi adopts an event-driven architecture where all state changes flow through well-defined event streams, creating a loosely coupled ecosystem where components interact via standardized events. Core Event Type Definitions: ThreadStreamEvent = Annotated[ ThreadCreatedEvent | ThreadUpdatedEvent | ThreadItemAddedEvent | …  ( 8 min )

Live Tour Update from Norway Just popping in from my day off in Norway—still riding high on this European tour that kicked off in Germany and is now bound for Dublin! Want to sharpen your skills? Grab three of my guitar courses (Scale Matrix, Quick Lessons & Arpeggio) for just $79, but hurry—the deal ends tomorrow! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

It's not often you finally build something you've been dreaming about for more than a decade. While what I'm presenting today is far from complete and still only offers a few features, the way it is built is an achievement I have been dreaming of for many years. You open your favourite weather app. It tells you the Sun will rise at 07:34 today, and you trust it. There's no reason not to. But how does it know? Then, you change your location to see how the weather is in another part of the country, and you realise the sunset time is different. Finally, you also realise the app tells you what is the current Moon phase, and when the next full Moon will happen. How does it know what will happen tonight, tomorrow, a year from now? I wasn't satisfied with simply coding and manipulating astronomic…  ( 8 min )

CinemaSins just dropped a snark-filled, 14-minute roast of Frankenweenie as it zaps back into theaters—counting every quirky plot twist and gothic pet-resurrection moment with their trademark mix of sarcasm and admiration for Burton’s stop-motion gem. Craving more sin-splaining? Cruise over to cinemasins.com, take their quick poll, or back them on Patreon. You can also join the party on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and all their spin-off YouTube channels for your daily dose of cinematic nitpicking. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

useEffect is the designated place for all side effects in React. But what does that mean? How does it decide when to run our code, and what is the dependency array really doing? Just like useState, useEffect isn't magic; it's a predictable system with clear rules. Let's dive into the internal mechanics of useEffect. React's rendering model is designed to be declarative and pure: the UI should be a direct function of the current state (UI = f(state)). But applications need to interact with the outside world—fetching data, setting timers, subscribing to events. These are "side effects," and they don't fit neatly into the pure rendering model. useEffect provides a safe, controlled "escape hatch." It allows us to run imperative, effectful code without disrupting the rendering cycle. useEffect …  ( 8 min )

TL;DR CinemaSins just dropped “Everything Wrong With Longlegs In 24 Minutes Or Less,” a rapid-fire roast of Nicholas Cage’s wild turn in Osgood Perkins’s thriller. They also hype Cage’s next flick Keeper, point you to their site and socials (YouTube channels, Discord, Reddit, TikTok, etc.), and invite you to take a sin-filled poll or back the team on Patreon. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners… 15 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ snarky Halloween send-up of one of the year’s greatest genre movies—packed with playful nitpicks, cheesy “sins” and their signature tongue-in-cheek commentary. Even a near-perfect film can’t escape their gleeful roast. Craving more sinspiration? Head to cinemasins.com or their Linktree to explore YouTube channels (@TVSins, @CommercialSins, @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork), fill out the sinful poll, back them on Patreon, or jump into Discord and Reddit. Writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel are all part of the mischief. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage This video kicks off a four-week “Caravan of Garbage” series diving into the first four Predator movies, starting with the 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. They hail Predator as the ultimate 80s action-sci-fi mash-up—mud, muscles, invisibility, lasers, explosions, creature design, and nonstop fun. For early access, bonus podcasts, extended audio editions and more, head over to bigsandwich.co, hit subscribe, follow the hosts on Twitter, or support them on Patreon for exclusive content and merch. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Frontend testing has changed a lot — and yet, most teams still treat it like a box-ticking exercise. But 2025’s front-end world? It demands something cleaner, faster, and smarter. Let’s talk about React component testing — what still works, what’s outdated, and how to write tests that actually matter. Let’s be honest — chasing 100% test coverage looks great in the report, but it’s often just numbers with no soul. The goal isn’t to “cover” code — it’s to trust your UI. A good test should tell you: “This component works the way a human expects.” “If I refactor tomorrow, I’ll know what broke.” If your tests can’t answer those, they’re just decoration. Frameworks like React Testing Library (RTL) shifted the mindset from implementation details to user behavior. Example: // ❌ Ol…  ( 10 min )

The API testing landscape has transformed dramatically, with developers demanding more sophisticated tools that go beyond basic HTTP requests. While Hoppscotch carved out its niche as a lightweight, open-source API client, the modern development ecosystem requires platforms that offer deeper integration, advanced collaboration features, and comprehensive API lifecycle management. This detailed analysis explores seven powerful Hoppscotch alternatives that are reshaping how development teams approach API testing, design, and documentation. From enterprise-grade platforms to specialized tools, discover which solution best fits your development workflow and team requirements. Modern API development extends far beyond sending simple HTTP requests. Today's development teams need platforms that s…  ( 12 min )

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept it’s here, shaping how industries operate, innovate, and serve their customers. From optimizing business workflows to powering data-driven decisions, AI has become a cornerstone for enterprises seeking smarter and faster ways to achieve growth. But beyond the buzzwords, true transformation happens when AI is implemented with strategy, architecture, and governance and that’s where AI development services play a pivotal role. AI development services go beyond building smart algorithms. They integrate AI into an organization’s entire ecosystem from legacy systems to modern digital platforms. These services help enterprises identify opportunities, design scalable architectures, and develop responsible AI systems aligned with busin…  ( 9 min )

Before I start, I should mention that I have not yet tried out vibe coding myself. I use AI every day for programming related tasks, but I still write the code myself, for myself. This blog post was inspired by a dream I had last night, after having spent a stressful week thinking about these sort of things. I had to write it down to get it out of my head and make some sense of it. I started programming "real" applications with Borland Delphi in the late 1990s, when I was a teenager. My first database applications were two-tiered Delphi user interfaces on top of Paradox databases. I did not know SQL and relied only on Delphi's ready-made database components. The user interface was therefore 100% driven by the database schema. It worked, it got the job done, and you could tell that it was a…  ( 8 min )

Edition #215 - October 2025 Welcome to issue #215 of the AWS open source newsletter, the only newsletter that I know of that brings you the best open source on AWS content. There is nothing spooky or scary in this months edition we have a nice selection of projects that cover a broad range of use cases - tools to help you with CloudFormation stacks, provide a GUI layer over your Amazon S3 buckets, terminal user interfaces to work with Amazon ECS and your AWS profiles, a couple of nice tools to simplify building agentic applications using Strands Agents, and more. We also have some really cool demos that include showing how you can move from monolith to modern application (including thinking about portability, building AI powered SLDC architectures, and a really neat use of the Nitro Enc…  ( 26 min )

So there I was, being a good developer. Writing tests, enabling strict mode, doing all the right things. Then I run my test suite and suddenly everything is red. MissingAttributeException: The attribute [seller_approval_status] either does not exist or was not retrieved for model [App\Models\User]. But here's the thing - my tests were passing before. The code hasn't changed. And when I manually test the feature in my browser, it works perfectly fine. What the hell is going on? Turns out, Laravel 12's strict mode has this fun quirk where it makes your tests explode in ways that have nothing to do with whether your actual code works. Let me explain the nightmare I just lived through so you don't have to. The Feature That Sounded Amazing Laravel 12's Model::shouldBeStrict() looked like a gif…  ( 8 min )

Quick Note: Readers interested solely in the technical specification of the proposed MCP 2.0 / CORBA-NG Agent Object Protocol can jump directly to the actual spec below. It is often said that AI can only rearrange existing knowledge, but cannot create new. This statement ignores the fact that science never works in isolation, but in most cases connects existing knowledge with new ideas. The entire process of citation and even the invention of hypertext served to link scientific findings together. The question is not whether humans are better than AI or AI is better than humans, but what they can achieve together. The following is the result of combining unconventional human thinking with the vast information pool of AI and demonstrates the potential for jointly creating new knowledge. The …  ( 26 min )

This is Part 2 of the "Implementing JWT Authentication in Rust" series. Previous: Part 1: Project Setup and Configuration In Part 1, we set up our Rust project with Axum, configured environment-based settings, and created a basic error handling system. Now we'll add logging capabilities. Picking up from where we left off in Part 1, we will focus on setting up the infrastructure layer: logging with the tracing ecosystem. We will use the tracing ecosystem since they do provide the best logging facilities for asynchronous systems. cargo add tracing-subscriber -F "env-filter, serde, tracing, json" cargo add tracing -F log cargo add tracing-error cargo add tower-http -F "cors, trace" tower-http: Provides middleware utilities. tracing: Provides structured, event-based, data collection and loggi…  ( 9 min )

Here’s the quick way to make a potentiometer (pot) set an Arduino’s delay time. Wiring (10 kΩ pot is perfect) One outer leg → 5V Other outer leg → GND Middle wiper → A0 We’ll blink the onboard LED on D13. If the pot works “backwards,” just swap the two outer legs. A) Easiest (uses delay()—blocking) const int POT = A0; const int LED = 13; void setup() { pinMode(LED, OUTPUT); Serial.begin(115200); } void loop() { // Read 0..1023 from the pot int raw = analogRead(POT); // Map to a usable delay range, e.g. 50..2000 ms long delayMs = map(raw, 0, 1023, 50, 2000); // (Optional) simple smoothing to reduce jitter static long filt = 200; filt = (filt * 7 + delayMs) / 8; // 1st-order IIR filter digitalWrite(LED, !digitalRead(LED)); // toggle LED Serial.println(filt); d…  ( 7 min )

Read More: Adapting to Change: Developers’ Transition from Java 21 to 22 in 2025 A Quick Look Back: Java 21’s Legacy Released in late 2023, Java 21 became one of the most significant LTS versions in recent years. It introduced key features like: Virtual Threads (Project Loom): Revolutionizing concurrency and simplifying scalable application design. Pattern Matching Enhancements: Making code more concise and readable. Record Patterns and Switch Improvements: Strengthening Java’s expressiveness and reducing boilerplate code. String Templates (Preview): Offering cleaner ways to build dynamic strings safely. For most teams, Java 21 provided the stability and maturity needed for long-term projects. But as the industry moved into 2025, the momentum shifted to Java 22, with its focus on fine-tuni…  ( 8 min )

Federated Learning Unleashed: Balancing Bias and Variance in Wireless AI Imagine training a powerful AI model using data scattered across thousands of devices, from smartphones to IoT sensors. The catch? You can't directly access any of that data due to privacy concerns or network limitations. That's the challenge federated learning tackles, and we've just discovered a way to supercharge it. The core idea is to train the model over-the-air, leveraging the inherent broadcast nature of wireless communication. Instead of each device sending its updates individually, they transmit simultaneously, and the combined signal received aggregates the model updates. The key breakthrough? We've found a way to strategically introduce a controlled bias into this aggregation process to significantly red…  ( 7 min )

That's where Rust's smart pointer Cow (Clone on Write) comes in. It lets you start with a borrowed reference and only clone into an owned value when mutation is needed. In this article, we'll walk through how Cow works, how to use it in your structs and functions, the benefits and trade-offs of using it, and a few common pitfalls to avoid—so you can write clean, efficient Rust code without over-engineering your ownership logic. Remember our scenario from the first paragraph - what's the simplest signature you'd reach for? Probably: fn escape_html(html_input: &mut String) -> &String { /* … */ } Use our Online Code Editor While this allows you to scan and mutate the string in place, it has several downsides: Callers must own a String (no &str), even if they only ever read. They need a…  ( 13 min )

Issue PR hiero-sdk-python is a Python SDK for the Hiero blockchain — a toolkit that helps developers interact with smart contracts, tokens, and transactions through Python. This SDK has a clear focus on clean design and maintainability, which is why this issue existed in the first place. The issue described a small but important cleanup: the TokenUnfreezeTransaction class had some duplicate logic that was already implemented in its parent class. The goal was to remove the extra field and method, and update the internal calls to use the inherited _require_not_frozen() instead. This one was pretty straightforward, but it needed careful attention to detail. Here’s what I did: _is_frozen in token_unfreeze_transaction.py. __require_not_frozen() method entirely. self.__require_not_frozen() with self._require_not_frozen() to make sure the class now used the inherited version from Transaction. Before this PR, I didn’t realize how important method naming conventions could be in large codebases. In Python, a double underscore method gets “name-mangled”, so it doesn’t behave exactly the same as a protected _method. That subtle difference can lead to bugs if you don’t notice it.  ( 6 min )

Machine intelligence is transforming security in software applications by enabling more sophisticated vulnerability detection, automated assessments, and even autonomous threat hunting. This article offers an comprehensive discussion on how machine learning and AI-driven solutions function in AppSec, crafted for cybersecurity experts and stakeholders as well. We’ll delve into the development of AI for security testing, its present capabilities, obstacles, the rise of agent-based AI systems, and forthcoming trends. Let’s commence our exploration through the past, present, and prospects of ML-enabled AppSec defenses. Origin and Growth of AI-Enhanced AppSec Early Automated Security Testing Progression of AI-Based AppSec A notable concept that arose was the Code Property Graph (CPG), combi…  ( 14 min )

Introduction Dark mode isn’t just a design trend anymore — it’s a must-have feature for any modern web app. With Tailwind CSS and a pinch of JavaScript, you can implement a smooth, persistent dark mode in just a few lines of code. Before we begin, make sure you have: Tailwind makes it incredibly easy to enable dark mode. This tells Tailwind to apply dark styles whenever a .dark class is present on your or tag. Step 2: Add Light & Dark Styles in Your HTML Now, create two versions of your background and text colors using Tailwind’s dark mode classes. dark: prefix automatically applies the dark version of each style when .dark is active on the body. We’ll use a simple script to toggle the dark class and store the user’s preference in localStorage so it persists after reload. That’s all it takes. The button now toggles dark mode — and your site remembers the user’s choice. Add this to your body class or global CSS for a smooth color fade effect when toggling themes: Want your site to automatically detect the user’s OS theme? user preferences. With just a few lines of code, you’ve implemented a fully functional, persistent, and smooth dark mode powered by Tailwind CSS and JavaScript. Your users will love the elegant transition and modern look — and your codebase stays clean, thanks to Tailwind’s class-based styling.  ( 7 min )

WTF is this: The "Circuit Breaker" That's Not Just for Electricians Ah, the joys of modern technology – where a simple concept can sound like a sci-fi movie plot device. Today, we're tackling the "Circuit Breaker Pattern", a term that's been buzzing around the tech world. No, it's not a new gadget for your home, but rather a clever way to prevent digital disasters. So, buckle up and let's dive in! What is Circuit Breaker Pattern? Imagine you're trying to access a popular website, but it's down due to high traffic or a server issue. You keep refreshing, hoping it'll magically work, but it just won't budge. That's where the Circuit Breaker Pattern comes in – a design approach that helps prevent this frustrating scenario. In simple terms, it's a mechanism that detects when a service (like a w…  ( 10 min )

โลกการศึกษากำลังเปลี่ยนแปลงในอัตราเร่ง เทคโนโลยีไม่ได้เป็นเพียง 'เครื่องมือเสริม' อีกต่อไป แต่ได้กลายเป็นหัวใจสำคัญของระบบการเรียนรู้สมัยใหม่ และก้าวที่สำคัญที่สุดในวันนี้ คือการมาถึงของ "Smart Classroom" ที่ผสานพลังของ "ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ (AI)" นี่ไม่ใช่แค่การอัปเกรดห้องเรียน แต่คือการปฏิวัติประสบการณ์การเรียนการสอน เพื่อสร้างการศึกษาที่มีประสิทธิภาพ มุ่งเน้นผู้เรียนเป็นศูนย์กลาง และพร้อมรับมือกับโลกอนาคตที่เปลี่ยนแปลงอย่างไม่หยุดนิ่ง เมื่อพูดถึง Smart Classroom คนส่วนใหญ่มักนึกถึงจอ Interactive Display หรืออุปกรณ์ดิจิทัล แต่ในยุค AI ความหมายของมันลึกซึ้งกว่านั้น Smart Classroom ในยุค AI คือ "ระบบนิเวศการเรียนรู้ (Learning Ecosystem)" ที่เชื่อมโยงอุปกรณ์ฮาร์ดแวร์ (เช่น จออัจฉริยะ, กล้อง, ระบบเสียง) เข้ากับซอฟต์แวร์อัจฉริยะ (เช่น ระบบ LMS, AI วิเคราะห์ข้อมูล) หัวใจสำคัญคือการสร้างห้องเรียนที่ส…  ( 6 min )

Long story short: Logs are cheap... Until they aren't. Long story long: With modern apps emitting millions of lines per hour, unstructured logs become data debt. Structured logging, when done right, can drastically cut ingest costs and improve your observability quality, all while making your engineering team more effective and your incident response faster.   Here's the uncomfortable truth about modern observability: more data doesn't equal more insight. Engineering teams by default wants to collect everything: Every request, every error, every debug statement, hoping that when something breaks, the answer will be hiding somewhere in their log aggregation tool. When that incident happens, they're drowning in noise: Searching through millions of log lines with regex Waiting minutes for…  ( 18 min )

While testing Android apps for accessibility, one of the biggest problems I’ve encountered are with larger font sizes. They’re usually not properly supported: content overlaps when font sizes increase, scrolling isn't enabled to accommodate growing text, or text is truncated without a way for the user to expand it. I’m often asked tips on writing accessibility tests for Android, and I decided to write this post to demonstrate how to test some of those larger font size issues with UI tests. In this blog post, we’re looking into writing tests to verify that scrolling is enabled when needed and that truncated text can be expanded. Let’s first discuss the screen I wrote to test these issues. I created an example screen with Compose to demonstrate tests in this blog post. It’s a Scaffold that…  ( 10 min )

InternSVG: A Universal Translator for All Your Vector Graphics Ever wondered how a single AI could draw, fix, and even animate any icon or diagram you need? Scientists have built InternSVG, a new kind of smart assistant that understands and creates SVG images – the crisp, scalable graphics you see on websites and apps. This breakthrough comes from teaching the AI with a massive collection of static and moving graphics, so it learns the rules of shapes, colors, and motion just like we learn from countless examples. It matters because it puts powerful visual creation tools into the hands of anyone, from teachers to entrepreneurs, making creativity more accessible than ever. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: InternSVG: Towards Unified SVG Tasks with Multimodal Large Language Models 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 13 min )

Your WordPress site is slow. Like, really slow. You’ve noticed it, your visitors have noticed it, and Google has definitely noticed it. So now you’re at a crossroads: should you hire someone to fix it, or just install one of those caching plugins everyone talks about? I’ve been there and it’s not nearly as simple as it sounds. At first, installing a plugin feels like the obvious fix. Why spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars when you can just install something free? That’s what I thought too until I started trying them. WP Rocket looks friendly at first. Clean interface, simple setup, and solid documentation. But once you start digging, things get complicated quickly. Plans start at $59/year for one site, $119/year for three, and $299/year for fifty. Minify CSS and JavaScript? Lazy-…  ( 9 min )

AI is redefining application security (AppSec) by facilitating more sophisticated vulnerability detection, automated testing, and even autonomous threat hunting. This guide provides an comprehensive discussion on how generative and predictive AI operate in the application security domain, crafted for cybersecurity experts and decision-makers in tandem. We’ll examine the development of AI for security testing, its present features, challenges, the rise of autonomous AI agents, and prospective trends. Let’s commence our exploration through the past, current landscape, and prospects of ML-enabled AppSec defenses. Evolution and Roots of AI for Application Security Foundations of Automated Vulnerability Discovery https://qwiet.ai/platform/autofix/ In the late 1980s, the academic Barton Mille…  ( 14 min )

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and machine learning, data is the lifeblood. The quality and quantity of data directly impact the performance of AI models. Data annotation, the process of labeling data to make it understandable for machines, is therefore a crucial step. Manual data annotation is a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and often monotonous task. It is also prone to human error, which can significantly compromise the quality of the training data. Auto annotation, also known as automatic labeling, emerges as a transformative technology to address these challenges. Auto annotation streamlines and standardizes the data labeling process. This leads to more consistent and reliable results. Auto annotation tools leverage advanced algorithms and AI models. T…  ( 10 min )

Over time, websites accumulate broken links—pages get deleted, URLs change, and errors pile up in the code. As a result, visitors clicking such links see a "404: page not found" message and leave. Search engines perceive this as a sign of outdated content, causing the site's rankings to decline. The most common error is 404 Not Found, which means "there's nothing here anymore." However, other status codes help diagnose the problem: 400 Bad Request: The request contains an error. It's like dictating an address with a typo, and your GPS can't calculate the route. 403 Forbidden: Access denied. The page exists, but the server won't let you view it—like trying to enter an exclusive club without an invitation. 410 Gone: The resource is permanently deleted. Unlike a 404 error, this status indicat…  ( 11 min )

** ** If you've ever built an app that suddenly started choking, getting slow, or even crashing with that dreaded OutOfMemoryError, you've met the memory monster. And trust me, understanding references is like having a superpower to tame that beast. So, grab your coffee ☕, and let's demystify this once and for all. This isn't just theory; we're going to break it down with code, real-world use cases, and the "why" behind it all. First Things First: What Even is a "Reference" in Java? In code, when you write: java Most of the time, we use the default, standard-issue remote control. This is a Strong Reference. It's so strong that as long as you're holding that remote, the Garbage Collector (GC) will never dare to throw away your TV (the object). But what if you wanted a different kind of remo…  ( 11 min )

Your Zendesk Help Center is more than a customer support platform—it’s a reflection of your brand. When customers land on it, the design, tone, and structure tell them who you are. If your Help Center feels disconnected from your main website or brand experience, it can break trust instantly. In 2025, aligning your brand identity with your Zendesk theme design is not just about matching colors. It’s about creating a consistent, emotional, and functional experience that reinforces your brand values at every click. In this guide, we’ll explore how to bring your brand identity to life through Zendesk’s design capabilities, ensuring every interaction feels familiar and trustworthy. A consistent brand identity builds recognition and trust. Research by Lucidpress (2024) found that consiste…  ( 10 min )

The Productivity System I Taught to 6,642 Googlers Jeff Su spills the beans on his CORE workflow—a dead-simple, four-step process (Capture, Organize, Review, Engage) he’s been teaching Google employees for nine years. It works with any tool you already use, kicks in within two weeks, and frees you from relying on memory or willpower alone. In this video/blog combo you’ll get timestamps for a quick dive into how the system works in action, why it actually sticks, and a breakdown of each CORE step. Plus, Jeff shares links to his newsletter, favorite prompts, The Workspace Academy, a Notion command center template, and even his everyday gear. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

‘Halloween II’ at The Ringer finds Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan rewatching Michael Myers’s 1981 return and joking that they’ve totally forgotten what death feels like. They debate whether he’s the GOAT of horror villains, pick the movie’s most rewatchable scenes, and sprint through quickfire categories—all laid out in neat, time-stamped segments. Between ghost stories, they slip in promos for A Mountain of Movies® on Paramount+ and A House of Dynamite on Netflix, drop a friendly State Farm nod, and remind you to subscribe to The Ringer’s YouTube channels for more pop-culture banter. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ loving roast of Tim Burton’s dog-resurrecting tale—yes, they think the movie’s great, but that didn’t stop them from nitpicking every “sin.” Gregory “Franky boy” goes back to theaters, so Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel piled on the jokes, the snark and the cheeky commentary you’ve come to expect. Want more behind-the-scenes goss, hidden movie sins or to vote in a poll? Hit up cinemasins.com, follow @CinemaSins and sister channels @TVSins, @CommercialSins, join the Discord or Reddit, and if you feel especially generous, back them on Patreon. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

🎃 Maintainer Spotlight: Bringing 3d-blockstack to Life Project: 3D-Blockstack Hacktoberfest isn't just a month; it's a feeling—especially when you're on the other side of the pull request. For me, the month of October is when my GitHub activity chart goes from 0 to 100, and there's simply nothing more exhilarating. It's a time for finding new tech stacks, squashing bugs, and seeing the open-source community explode with collaborative energy. My Hacktoberfest journey started back in my college days, thanks to my GDSC chapter. I was instantly hooked on the thrill of contributing and learning. Now, as a maintainer for 3d-blockstack, I get to experience that excitement from a whole new angle. 3d-blockstack and Why I Maintain It 3d-blockstack is an open-source, mesmerizing 3D stacking …  ( 8 min )

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Introduction Businesses today are in a race to deliver digital experiences that are seamless, dynamic, and instantly responsive to user needs. Yet, many still face challenges like sluggish performance, inefficient rendering, and complex UI management that limit scalability and user satisfaction. These issues often hold back innovation, especially for organizations striving to stay ahead in competitive markets. What Is React 19.2 and How It Differs From Its Previous Version React 19.2 is the latest evolution of Meta's powerful UI library, geared towards making web applications faster, smarter, and more reliable for businesses. Unlike its predecessor, React 19.2 focuses on rendering efficiency and the introduction of smarter server-side data handling to support large-scale enterprise n…  ( 10 min )

In modern workflow and data management, converting Excel spreadsheets to PDF is a ubiquitous need—whether for client reports, archival purposes, or cross-team collaboration. PDFs excel at preserving formatting, ensuring compatibility across devices, and preventing unintended edits, making them the gold standard for shareable documents. This comprehensive guide walks you through using Spire.XLS for Python to master Excel-to-PDF conversion, from basic one-click transforms to advanced, customized workflows. To get started, install the Spire.XLS library via Python’s pip package manager. Choose between the full-featured version or the free tier (with limitations): Full Version pip install Spire.XLS Free Version (With Restrictions) pip install Spire.XLS.Free Note: The free version is ideal for…  ( 8 min )

Building dynamic forms in Angular has always felt a little like assembling IKEA furniture without the instructions. But soon, there will be a simpler, more reactive way. One that actually feels reactive. In this tutorial, we’ll take a dynamic form built with classic Reactive Forms and upgrade it to use the new Signal Forms API. It's still experimental, but what it can already do will make you wish it wasn’t. The Dynamic Form in Action Here’s the demo app we’ll be working with: It's a dynamic form that starts with one email text field: It has a button to add another email field dynamically: It also has a submit button that’s disabled until the form is valid: And below all of this, it has a live JSON preview of the form’s current value: When we click the “Add user” button…  ( 10 min )

Modern embedded systems rely on seamless cooperation between hardware and software. From touchscreens in industrial control panels to smart dashboards in electric vehicles, display technology has become the visible bridge between machines and users. Behind these user-friendly interfaces lies a deeply technical world — and one of the most important players in that world is the Linux Kernel. As open-source software powers more devices, ensuring that hardware vendors are properly integrated into the Linux ecosystem has become a continuous effort. This article takes a closer look at how display manufacturers get recognized within the Linux Kernel, the process behind “vendor prefixes,” and why such inclusion is important for long-term software support. Before a Linux-based device can show an i…  ( 10 min )

In the world of relational databases, the concept of a primary key is fundamental. A primary key is a column or a set of columns in a table that uniquely identifies each record. This uniqueness is crucial for maintaining data integrity, enabling fast searches, and establishing relationships between tables. What Is a Primary Key? For example, in an Employees table, the EmployeeID column often serves as the primary key because each employee is assigned a unique ID that distinguishes them from everyone else. Why Are Primary Keys Important? Data Integrity Fast Lookups and Indexing Defining Table Relationships Key Characteristics of Primary Keys Non-nullability: Primary key columns cannot have NULL values. Immutability: The primary key value should not change over time to maintain consistent re…  ( 7 min )

Introduction Working with Goose across multiple projects comes with challenges. One major issue is the time and effort it takes for teams to set up configurations: "Wait, what provider did we use for this React app? Which LLM model for the Django server? Did you turn off auto-execute for this SECRET project?" Without a systematic structure, teams constantly ask these questions and fix inconsistencies. Luckily, Goose allows developers to manage project configurations easily through global and project YAML files. Goose configurations work in a hierarchy: ~/.config/goose/profiles.yaml (Global) ↓ project/.goose/profiles.yaml (Project) ↓ CLI flags/environment variables (Runtime) Each layer overrides the previous one, giving you flexibility in configuration structure. Create a central…  ( 8 min )

In modern application ecosystems, performance isn’t confined to your own codebase. Your application continuously interacts with external services, such as APIs, cloud platforms, databases, authentication providers, and payment gateways. Each of these external dependencies plays a critical role in delivering a smooth user experience but they also introduce a layer of unpredictability. If one external service becomes slow, unresponsive, or returns errors, your end users will feel it, even if your internal systems are performing perfectly. This is why External Request Monitoring has become a silent yet essential pillar of every Application Performance Monitoring (APM) strategy. External Request Monitoring refers to tracking and analyzing every outbound request your application makes to extern…  ( 9 min )

The way people pay has changed more in the last decade than in the last century. Your customers no longer want to carry cash or wait in long queues at branches. They demand fast, secure, and affordable ways to pay today, whether it is for daily needs, shopping, or cross-border transactions. That’s why digital payments have taken center stage. But here comes the challenge. Should you offer prepaid cards or build a digital wallet payment system? Both are powerful, but each serves different purposes. Prepaid cards give your customers control and access anywhere cards are accepted. Digital wallets provide speed, convenience, and loyalty-driven engagement. However, the choice you make can impact customer satisfaction, your costs, and even your growth in new markets. It shows why the decision be…  ( 9 min )

Upgrading a Ruby on Rails app can feel a bit like refactoring your workspace. You know it’s good for your application, but you’re not always sure where to start or what you might uncover along the way. The truth is, every Rails upgrade comes with its own set of challenges. But with a little preparation, you can turn a potential issue into a smooth, structured process. Let’s look at some of the common challenges our teams at Railsfactory face and how we get ahead of them. You know the feeling. You run bundle update and suddenly half your app starts throwing errors. Gem dependencies often break during upgrades because many libraries aren’t maintained in sync with Rails versions. How to prepare: Railsup , our free gem compatibility checker, to quickly see which gems need attention.) Rail…  ( 8 min )

Decoding the Language of Data: A Comprehensive Guide to Text Mining in R and Python Dipti ・ Oct 31  ( 6 min )

I’m still working on my invoice tool for freelancers and small businesses, and today I added a new feature: file attachments for each client or invoice. Let users attach receipts, PDFs, images, contracts, etc. Allow multiple uploads Show real-time progress Rename files before/after uploading Store files in the cloud (not just locally) Keep everything tied to a specific client Formats I decided to support = MAX_FILES} accept=" .jpg,.jpeg,.png,.webp, .pdf,.doc,.docx,.xls,.xlsx,.csv,.txt,.odt, .zip,.rar,.7z,.tar,.gz, .mp3,.wav,.mp4,.mov, .psd,.ai,.svg,.fig" /> React + TypeScript Cloudflare R2 for storage(free upto 10gb) Presigned URLs for direct uploads Prisma to link attachments to clients Modals + toasts for UI I’m sharing this because I’m trying to build this project piece by piece, learning as I go. If you have ideas, better approaches, or feature suggestions, I’d love to hear them.  ( 6 min )

You are 45 minutes into debugging a complex microservices issue. Your mental model of the system is finally clear. Then Slack pings. Your flow state collapses instantly. This scenario repeats daily for most developers. **Research shows programmers take 10-15 minutes just to start editing code after resuming work.** The cost? Wasted hours and diminished output. The solution isn't working harder. It's working in rhythm with your brain's natural cycles. Your brain operates on ultradian rhythms. These are 90-minute cycles that train your ability to concentrate deeply. Here's what the science tells us: Push beyond 90 minutes and cognitive fatigue sets in Stop too soon and you never reach true flow state Developers need 52-90 minutes to reach flow state for complex problem-solving So you think …  ( 11 min )

Google has officially launched Merchant Center for Agencies, a specialized platform designed exclusively for agencies managing multiple Google Merchant Center accounts for eCommerce clients. This October 2025 rollout introduces a streamlined interface that consolidates client account management, diagnostics, and optimization tools into a single centralized dashboard, replacing the complexity of the previous Multi-Client Account (MCA) system. Merchant Center for Agencies is a tailored platform built specifically for agency users who manage Google Merchant Center accounts on behalf of other businesses. The platform enables agencies to oversee multiple client accounts at scale through a unified interface, providing enhanced visibility, faster issue resolution, and improved operational efficie…  ( 7 min )

I'm learning machine learning, and I want to share this journey with you. Not as an expert—I literally started Kaggle's "Intro to Machine Learning" course last week—but as someone who just figured out how to build their first predictive model and wants to help others do the same. If you've been curious about AI and machine learning but thought it was too complicated, or if terms like "neural networks" and "algorithms" sound intimidating, this post is for you. Let me show you that it's actually way more approachable than you think! I've been fascinated by AI for a while now. Every time I see AI-powered recommendations on Netflix, autocomplete on my phone, or ChatGPT writing code, I wonder: "How does this actually work?" I wanted to go beyond just using AI tools—I wanted to understand the fu…  ( 11 min )

As the digital landscape grows ever more social-media-first, where original visual storytelling dominates the feed and creativity defines visibility, generative AI has quickly become far more than a playground for entertainment. Requiring no professional design skills or big budgets and limited only by imagination, advanced AI tools can offer fast and distinctive visual solutions for anyone looking to stand out from the flood of generic stock images and template-based designs. With the right mix of thoughtfulness, artistry, quality control, and ethical awareness, you can turn AI from a shortcut into a true catalyst for creative self-expression, making your online presence more authentic, enhancing your content feed, and boosting engagement. AI can help you establish a more unique visual …  ( 9 min )

Our Best Golf Challenge EVER pits Rick Shiels, James Robinson & Guy Charnock on an 18-hole mission to break 75—with a savage twist: before every hole, one of them pulls a YELLOW BALL and must tackle that hole solo while the others watch. No safety nets, no second chances, just pure pressure golf. Brace yourself for huge momentum swings, nail-biting nerves, epic saves (and epic meltdowns), plus classic banter from the lads. Can they conquer the Yellow Ball Challenge and still break 75? Watch to find out—and let us know if you’d take on this wild format! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The CORE Workflow for Peak Productivity Jeff Su breaks down the four-step CORE system he taught to over 6,600 Googlers: Capture everything immediately, Organize with minimal friction, Review during scheduled sessions, and Engage by blocking out focused time. It works with any tool you already use, becomes second nature in about two weeks, and frees you from relying on memory or sheer willpower. The video walks through each step, explains why it really sticks, and links to handy extras—templates, prompts, his Notion Command Center, the Workspace Academy, and more—so you can plug-and-play your way to a rock-solid workflow. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins is back to “sin” Tim Burton’s stop-motion gem Frankenweenie now that it’s hitting theaters again. In true Cinemasins fashion, they love the movie but can’t resist poking fun at every little quirk in just 14 minutes. Alongside the video they drop a ton of links—website, poll, Patreon, Discord, Reddit—and shout out their writers (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian, Daniel) plus all their social channels for more sin-filled content. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Summary CinemaSins cranks out “Everything Wrong With Longlegs In 24 Minutes Or Less,” riffing on Nicolas Cage’s wild performance and teasing Osgood Perkins’s upcoming thriller, Keeper. Along the way, they rack up all the “sins,” crack wise, and prove—yeah, those legs really are long. They also plug their Linktree, Patreon, polls, Discord and Reddit communities, and share social handles for Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel—the sinful squad behind the snark. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less is CinemaSins’ bite-sized roast of one of the best genre movies of the year—delivered with that classic Halloween twist. They’re sinning the film for fun, even as they admit it “rules.” For more sins and shenanigans, head to cinemasins.com and follow their YouTube spinoffs (@TVSins, @CommercialSins, @CinemaSinsPodcastNetwork). Don’t forget to fill out their sinful poll, support them on Patreon, and join the crew on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok or Twitter. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Caravan Of Garbage crew kicks off a four-week deep dive into the Predator franchise with the 1987 Schwarzenegger original. They make a solid case for why Predator is the peak of ’80s action-sci-fi—killer direction, an all-star cast, iconic creature design, plus all the mud, lasers, invisibility shenanigans and explosions you could dream of. Hungry for more? Check out extended audio editions, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries, video-game let’s-plays and merch over at bigsandwich.co, Patreon, YouTube and wherever you grab your podcasts. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

In today’s competitive B2B landscape, digital experience design has evolved from a “nice-to-have” into a core business differentiator. Enterprises are realizing that B2B customer engagement and B2B customer loyalty depend not just on product quality, but on how seamlessly, intuitively, and meaningfully clients interact with their digital touchpoints. Let’s explore how businesses can design impactful digital experiences in B2B services that build trust, loyalty, and long-term engagement. Unlike B2C transactions, B2B relationships involve longer buying cycles, complex decision-making, and multiple stakeholders. In this context, digital experience design helps simplify and humanize every stage of the journey—from awareness to post-sale support. A well-designed digital customer experience stra…  ( 8 min )

When it comes to SEO, most people think about keywords, backlinks, and content. While these are undeniably important, there’s another powerful factor that often goes unnoticed — website architecture. Your website’s structure is like the foundation of a house: if it’s solid, everything built on top performs better. But if it’s weak or confusing, even the best content and SEO tactics won’t reach their full potential. In this article, we’ll break down what website architecture really means, how it impacts your SEO performance, and what you can do to design a site structure that both search engines and users love. What Is Website Architecture? Website architecture refers to how the pages on your site are organized and connected. It’s the way content flows, how users navigate from one page to a…  ( 10 min )

A comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to understanding and implementing caching systems Imagine you're a student studying for exams: Without Caching: Every time you need information, you walk to the library (10 minutes away) Find the book on the shelf Read the page you need Walk back home Repeat this for EVERY piece of information you need With Caching: First time: Walk to library, photocopy the important pages Keep those photocopies on your desk at home Next time you need that info: Just look at your desk (5 seconds!) Only go back to the library if you need something NEW This is exactly what caching does in software! Think of caching like organizing your kitchen: 🏪 Grocery Store (Database) → Slow, but has EVERYTHING ↓ 🚗 Drive & Shop (Network Call) → Takes time & effort ↓ �…  ( 36 min )

Quantum-Leaping Collateral: AI-Powered Optimization for the Future of Finance Tired of leaving money on the table due to inefficient collateral allocation? Do complex financial agreements and rigid regulatory constraints feel like an impossible maze? Imagine a system that not only understands the fine print of your credit support documents but also finds optimal solutions beyond the reach of classical computing. The core idea is to blend the pattern-recognition power of large language models (LLMs) with the optimization capabilities of quantum-inspired algorithms. By using an LLM to extract critical terms from complex legal documents and feeding that information into a specialized solver inspired by quantum approximate optimization, we can find more effective ways to manage collateral as…  ( 7 min )

Front-end frameworks have come a long way. What started as a battle between React, Angular, and Vue has now evolved into an ecosystem of tools, meta-frameworks, and architecture patterns. As a senior frontend developer with hands-on experience across these frameworks, here’s my honest take on where each stands in 2025, what they do best, and when you should pick one over the others. We’re past the “framework wars.” All three — React, Angular, and Vue — are mature, production-ready, and widely adopted. The real question now is: “Which one aligns with your team’s goals, architecture, and long-term maintainability?” Let’s look at each framework from a real-world, senior developer’s perspective. React, maintained by Meta (Facebook), remains the most popular frontend library in 2025. Its flexib…  ( 9 min )

The AI-Powered Apology: What Happens When Students Get Caught Cheating In a bizarre incident that raises questions about academic integrity, a group of students were caught cheating by their professors. But instead of facing penalties or even expulsion, they used AI to draft an apology letter. Cheating in the Age of AI The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education is becoming increasingly common. From personalized learning tools to automated grading systems, AI is changing the way we teach and learn. However, it's also creating new challenges for educators. Cheating by students using AI-powered tools is on the rise. Professors are struggling to keep up with the latest AI-powered cheating methods. The use of AI in education raises questions about academic integrity and fairness…  ( 7 min )

Comprehension:- List Comprehension • Definition: A concise way to create lists by applying an expression to each item in an iterable, optionally filtering elements. • Syntax: [expression for item in iterable if condition][expression for item in iterable if condition] • With Condition: Only include even numbers • With if-else: Label numbers as even or odd Dictionary Comprehension • Definition: Similar to list comprehension but used to create dictionaries. • Syntax: {key_expression:value_expression for item in iterable if condition} • Creates a new dictionary by generating keys and values from an iterable. • Basic Example: Square numbers as values with numbers as keys python • With Condition: Include only even numbers as keys • Start • Create an empty dictionary called even_squares • For each number x in the range 0 to 9: • If x is divisible by 2 (i.e., x % 2 == 0): • Add an entry to even_squares with key = x and value = x squared (x**2) • Print the dictionary even_squares • End Key Points • Both comprehensions are syntactic sugar for loops and conditionals, making code more compact and readable. • Use comprehensions for simple transformations and filtering in one line. • For complex logic, traditional loops with explicit statements might be preferred for clarity. • Comprehensions maintain the original data unchanged and produce new collections.  ( 7 min )

TipTap is a modern, headless rich text editor framework built on ProseMirror, designed for developers who want to create highly customizable editing experiences. It integrates seamlessly with Vue 3, making it a popular choice for building custom editors in modern web applications. Install Dependencies npm install @tiptap/vue-3 @tiptap/pm @tiptap/starter-kit Create a TipTap Component Create a new file, e.g., components/Tiptap.vue, and add the following code: import { useEditor, EditorContent } from '@tiptap/vue-3' import StarterKit from '@tiptap/starter-kit' const editor = useEditor({ content: ' I\'m running Tiptap with Vue.js. 🎉 ', extensions: [StarterKit], }) …  ( 7 min )

AI agents are evolving fast — and frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, and OpenAI’s Apps SDK are leading the charge. These tools help you: Build multi-agent systems Automate reasoning workflows Integrate AI with APIs and databases 🔧 Real-World Use SaaS copilots that manage data Automated report generators Multi-step AI workflows with human feedback I’ve been experimenting with AI automation myself, and the productivity jump is massive. 👉 Full breakdown with code examples: ganeshtidake.site/blog/ai-agent-frameworks  ( 6 min )

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🚀 Jio Youth Offer: Google AI Pro Subscription Claim 18 months of the Google AI Pro subscription (worth ₹35,100) for FREE! This is an exclusive early access offer for Jio users aged 18-25 years who are on an active unlimited 5G plan. Official Offer Link: https://www.jio.com/google-gemini-offer/ ![Google Gemini x Jio Offer] With a Google AI Pro membership, you get 18 months of expanded access to Google's most powerful AI features, including: Access to Gemini 2.5 Pro: Get priority access to Google's most capable model through the Gemini app. 2 TB Cloud Storage: Ample storage for your Google Photos, Gmail, and Google Drive. Gemini in Google Workspace: Use Gemini directly within your Google apps like Gmail, Docs, Vids, and more. Advanced AI Video Tools: Veo 3 Fast: Limited access to Goo…  ( 7 min )

As digital users, we’ve all gone through the login process countless times. It’s a necessary step — but not exactly the most exciting part of using a product. However, from a product designer’s perspective, this small interaction plays a crucial role in shaping the user’s first impression. The login page design is the first gateway to your product. If users forget their password but find no recovery options, or if the process feels confusing and slow, they may abandon the experience altogether. That means losing potential users before they even get to see what your product can offer. In this blog, we’ll break down the best login web page design​s, point out the best practices that make a login experience not only functional but also delightful to users.  Let’s see if your current saas ux d…  ( 11 min )

Meet DiT360: The AI That Paints 360° Worlds From a Single Prompt Ever wondered how a computer could create a seamless, all‑around view of a place it has never seen? Scientists have built DiT360, a new AI that learns from both regular photos and wide‑angle panoramas to generate stunning 360° images. It opens doors for faster content creation, better in‑painting of missing parts, and richer storytelling in games and travel apps. Imagine the world becoming a gallery you can walk through, all generated in seconds. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: DiT360: High-Fidelity Panoramic Image Generation via Hybrid Training 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 13 min )

If I had to name one combination that transformed how I build, write, and automate, it’s ChatGPT + GitHub. Here’s exactly how I use them side-by-side to create, test, and deploy projects 10x faster, whether I’m building AI frameworks, writing books, or managing ReThynk AI’s open libraries. 1️⃣ ChatGPT: The Thought Accelerator I use ChatGPT not just for code generation, but for structural thinking. Every new project starts with a prompt like this: 💡 Prompt Example: You are a senior DevOps engineer. Within minutes, I get: A structured architecture Suggested APIs CI/CD workflow ideas Integration blueprint for scalability That means I start building with clarity, not trial and error. 2️⃣ GitHub: The Memory Engine ChatGPT helps me generate. I use GitHub for: Versioning every experiment Publis…  ( 9 min )

I’m currently in Norway on a day off from my European tour, which kicked off in Germany and is heading next to Dublin. Also, there’s a Halloween deal on three guitar courses (Scale Matrix, Quick Lessons, Arpeggio) for $79—but it ends tomorrow! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The choice of API or SDK to connect AI models with RPA platforms such as UiPath or Automation Anywhere depends on your project’s objectives. I am sharing the following points, based on my personal experience, that have always helped me in the dilemma of choosing the best APIs to connect AI models with RPA tools. 1. OpenAI API (GPT Models) 2. Microsoft Azure AI and Cognitive Services 3. Google Cloud Vertex AI 4. Hugging Face Inference API or Local Models 5. Automation Anywhere IQ Bot and AI Extensions If you still encounter a problem after taking these steps. In that case, you can consult an experienced AI automation agency that can guide you to select the right tools, set up integrations, and ensure your RPA and AI systems work together to maximize efficiency and accuracy.  ( 7 min )

Summary I went head-to-head with Carlisle GC’s head pro in a £1,000 match, backed by Titleist, who surprised us by pledging extra support to the club’s junior section. Big thanks to Nicky and everyone at Carlisle GC for hosting, and shout-out to Titleist for keeping my game sharp—check the link for gear discounts! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Productivity System You Can Steal from Google Jeff Su breaks down the exact “CORE” workflow he’s taught to over 6,600 Googlers in nine years: Capture every task or idea immediately Organize it with minimal friction Review during scheduled sessions Engage by blocking dedicated time for execution He promises it works with any tool you already use, becomes automatic in about two weeks, and stops you from relying on memory or willpower alone. Plus, he shares all his favorite prompts, Notion templates, newsletter links, and even his YouTube gear list so you can build your own power workflow. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

WebRTC: The Complete Guide to Real-Time Communication in Web Applications (2025) Table of Contents Introduction to WebRTC Understanding WebRTC Architecture Core WebRTC APIs Building Your First WebRTC Application Advanced WebRTC Concepts Real-World Use Cases Performance Optimization Security Best Practices Troubleshooting Common Issues Future of WebRTC WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is a powerful, open-source technology that enables peer-to-peer audio, video, and data sharing directly between web browsers and mobile applications without requiring plugins or third-party software. Since its introduction by Google in 2011 and standardization by the W3C and IETF, WebRTC has revolutionized how we build real-time communication applications. In today's digital landscape, real-t…  ( 24 min )

Halloween II Gets the Ringer Treatment Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan dive back into John Carpenter’s 1981 sequel to see if Michael Myers still reigns as the ultimate horror villain. They kick off debating the GOAT status, share which scene they’d watch on repeat, and wrap up by sorting the film into their own quirky categories. Along the way, they plug “A Mountain of Movies®” on Paramount+ and the new Netflix thriller “A House of Dynamite,” with a side of State Farm—because you never know when you’ll need coverage in Haddonfield. It’s a fun, spoiler-light romp perfect for slasher fans and Ringer regulars alike. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less CinemaSins is back in theaters with Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, gleefully pointing out every quirk, plot hole and nitpick—even if the movie’s “frankly good.” In their trademark style, they crack jokes, tally “sins” and celebrate the film’s charm all at once. Along the way you’ll get loads of links to their other channels (TV Sins, Commercial Sins), a poll to share your own movie gripes, Patreon support info, and social handles from writers like Jeremy, Aaron, Jonathan and more. It’s a quick, irreverent ride through Burton’s dog-resurrecting tale—and a reminder that no beloved flick is safe from a little friendly roasting. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less Cinemasins serves up a tongue-in-cheek Halloween roast of “Sinners in 15 Minutes or Less,” lovingly pointing out every nitpick in what they still hail as one of the year’s best genre flicks. Expect their signature sin counter, playful jabs, and plenty of film-buff humor. Along the way, they plug all the usual Cinemasins hangouts—TVSins, CommercialSins, podcast network and more—plus a linktree for up-to-the-minute updates, a poll to learn about you, Patreon support, Discord and Reddit communities, and all their social media handles. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

👋👋👋👋 Looking back on your week -- what was something you're proud of? All wins count -- big or small 🎉 Examples of 'wins' include: Optimizing a database query that was slowing everything down Saying "no" to scope creep and meaning it Getting through code review without major changes requested Figuring our your halloween costume ahead of time 👻 Happy Friday!  ( 6 min )

On October 20, 2025, a significant AWS outage shook the digital world, causing widespread disruption across numerous popular apps, websites, and services. This incident serves as a crucial case study for cloud infrastructure resiliency and the risks of heavy cloud dependency. The outage originated from a problematic update to DynamoDB’s API, a core AWS managed database service. This update triggered failures in the Domain Name System (DNS) — the system responsible for translating web addresses into server IPs. When DNS became unavailable, many AWS services couldn’t locate critical infrastructure, resulting in cascading failures impacting 113 AWS services for hours before AWS fully restored operations. Major global platforms faced outages or degraded service during the event, including: Sna…  ( 7 min )

Hey dev.to community, For any serious fantasy football manager, sports analyst, or even a dedicated fan tracking teams like Penn State or Texas, the depth chart is gospel. It tells you who's starting, who's injured, and who's poised for a breakout. But here's the kicker: official APIs often fall short. They don't provide granular, real-time updates for every subtle shift on a Penn State Depth Chart or Texas Football Depth Chart, or for the myriad of news snippets that hint at changes. This is where the real engineering challenge begins: building a system that can intelligently scrape, parse, and update depth chart information in near real-time, blending traditional data engineering with the power of AI. The Data Jungle: Where Information Lives Official Team Websites: Often PDFs or dynamica…  ( 8 min )

In the bustling arena of System-on-Chips (SoCs), where new processors are announced almost weekly, it’s rare for a single chip to redefine a segment. The Rockchip RK3568, however, didn't just enter the market; it arrived with a deliberate and impactful "new look." This isn't a mere incremental update. It’s a strategic pivot, shedding the skin of a basic multimedia processor to emerge as a robust, versatile, and intelligent platform for the next generation of embedded computing. So, what exactly constitutes this "new look" for the RK3568? It’s a transformation built on three core pillars: a shift towards AI-enabled intelligence, a commitment to industrial-grade reliability, and an embrace of open-source philosophy. https://rockchips.net/rk3568-news-updates-and-datasheet/ Previous generatio…  ( 8 min )

Politics isn’t just speeches, rallies, and debates anymore. Today, political campaigns operate like tech companies — hiring data scientists, analysts, machine learning engineers, and behavioral experts. If elections used to be about “gut feeling” and charisma, modern politics relies on: Data-driven voter segmentation Machine learning for prediction Sentiment analysis on social media Micro-targeted ads and narrative strategies Real-time A/B testing during campaigns It’s no exaggeration to say that data science has become one of the most powerful tools in modern democracy — shaping opinions, targeting undecided voters, optimizing campaign spending, and even predicting social behavior. In this article, we’ll break down how political parties use data science behind the scenes — without hype, w…  ( 9 min )

Why i join again? To be honest here, I'm here mainly for the digital badges and the goodie, secondly is to put my software development skills into good use to contribute to open source so my skills wont get rusted and dusted in my back closet and so that in future someone else will be benefited from my contribution. thirdly, i want to make some meaningful stuff during my career break? maybe uncertainty situation (i explain this later). Finally, i want to see what kind of challenges i will face this time as every year Hacktoberfest there's always a lot of blockers, new challenges. I contribute to ShareBite, ProjectHive, and Vizit because i find these projects are closely related to my job which is Frontend developer. i think the contribution to Vizit are way more fun and i learnt the most…  ( 9 min )

GitHub Home I still remember the bug that kept me up all night. A payment callback endpoint, when handling a rare, exceptional status code from a third-party payment gateway, had a .catch() that was accidentally omitted from a Promise chain. The result? No logs, no alerts, and the service itself didn't crash. It just "silently" failed. That user's order status was forever stuck on "processing," and we were completely unaware. It wasn't until a week later during a reconciliation that we discovered hundreds of these "silent orders," resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in losses. 💸 The lesson was painful. It made me realize that in software engineering, we probably spend less than 10% of our time on the happy path. The other 90% of the complexity comes from how to handle all sorts of e…  ( 9 min )

New era, new thinking. Modernize rather than being afraid. Embrace the change. The world of programming has entered a new chapter where AI no longer feels like competition but collaboration. In this short reflection, I explore how hybrid developers, those who merge logic with creative reasoning and work alongside AI, are shaping the next evolution of software. 👉 Read the full article here: Man with Machine: The Hybrid Future of Coding What do you think? Can AI ever replace the human touch in coding?  ( 6 min )

Learn #HowTo port MobileNetV3 for handwritten digit recognition on NXP i.MX8M Plus-based platform, using eIQ Portal for TensorFlow Lite deployment 👉 https://www.forlinx.net/article_view_740.html EmbeddedAI #EdgeComputing #HandwrittenRecognition #iMX8MPlus #ForlinxEmbedded #OKMX8MPC  ( 6 min )

Billing SDK: TypeScript billing components for React and Next.js applications What's included: ✓ Pricing table components with multiple layouts ✓ Subscription management interfaces ✓ Usage meters for API quotas and limits ✓ Cancellation flows with retention patterns ✓ CLI that sets up payment integration automatically ✓ Full TypeScript support with typed props ✓ Works with shadcn/ui components ✓ Pre-built Next.js API routes for webhooks The CLI handles the tedious setup. Run one command and it generates checkout routes, webhook handlers, and provider integration. Currently supports Dodo Payments with more providers coming. All components use Tailwind CSS so they match your existing styles. You can customize themes through CSS variables or pass your own classes. Check it out if you're building billing features and want to skip the repetitive UI work. 👉 https://next.jqueryscript.net/next-js/saas-billing-ui/ 👉 GitHub Repo 👉 Live Demo  ( 6 min )

The digitization of workforce management has emerged as a strategic necessity for Indian organizations, on account of the need for regulatory compliance and the pursuit of operational efficiency. The Government of India has shown its commitment to digitization through the initiative of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, which aims to digitize labour-related records via the Shram Suvidha Portal. Therefore, it is essential for organizations to progress with the digitization of workforce management. The initial step involves the adoption of digital timesheets. The first step is adoption of digital timesheet. There have been considerable adaptations of digital timesheets within the industry, driven by regulatory requirements, technological advancements, and a growing emphasis on workforce a…  ( 7 min )

This guide will show you how to make a Docker image step by step that works as an SFTP server. By the time we wrap up, you’ll have a simple but secure SFTP server up and running in a Docker container. If you’re keen on getting your hands dirty or just want to dive right into the code, you can find the full project on GitHub. Go ahead and grab it from tshenolo/docker-sftp-server-with-sshkey Table of Contents Introduction Prerequisites SSH Key Configuration Set Up the Docker File Build Your Docker Image Running the Docker Container Verifying the Container’s Status Connecting to the SFTP Server Using the SFTP Server Conclusion An SFTP server provides a secure way to transfer files between computers over an encrypted SSH transport. Docker allows you to package an SFTP server with all its depen…  ( 9 min )

I’m Mandla Hemanth, a first-year AIML student from Anurag University. This was my first ever Hacktoberfest, and honestly, it’s been a rollercoaster of learning, excitement, and a few “why is this not working?” moments 😅. At first, I didn’t really know much about open source or how GitHub contributions worked. I watched videos, read a few blogs, and started trying to make my first pull requests. I was so happy to finally contribute… but most of my PRs ended up getting rejected 💔. It was a bit disappointing, but each rejection actually taught me something new — how to read contribution guidelines properly, how to make cleaner commits, and how to communicate better with maintainers. I even started understanding how open-source projects are managed, which felt amazing. Even though I didn’t get many accepted PRs this time, I’m proud that I tried. I stepped out of my comfort zone, learned from my mistakes, and met some really helpful people in the community. Next year, I want to come back stronger — with better coding skills, more confidence, and maybe even my own small project to contribute to. Hacktoberfest 2025 might not have gone perfectly, but it definitely got me started on my open-source journey.  ( 6 min )

Introduction As I wrote in my book Why Learn C, §18.7, Warnings: The best way to avoid debugging is not to put bugs into your programs in the first place. By default, most compilers automatically give some warnings, but not all. By enabling more warnings, the compiler can help you catch bugs before committing your code. Hence, in your configure.ac file, you should make your project’s CFLAGS variable (e.g., CDECL_CFLAGS for cdecl) to include warning compiler options. The problem is that different compilers (or different versions of the same compiler) accept different subsets of warnings, or similar warnings with different names. If you want your programs to be portable by being able to be compiled using different compilers (e.g., clang, gcc, xlc), you have to include the union of all the…  ( 8 min )

This is a submission for the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge: Maintainer Spotlight 🎨 About the Project Welcome to the CSS Art Museum Just like a traditional museum that showcases ancient and valuable art, I imagined a digital gallery that could showcase artworks made with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — representing the creative side of the digital world. The idea is simple: every contributor adds their own CSS creation, and together we build a growing museum of styles, colors, and imagination. 💫 What Makes It Unique Beginner-friendly and open to everyone 🧩 🧠 Contributions Welcome We welcome contributions in: Yes, we have beginner-friendly issues labeled as good first issue to help newcomers start contributing confidently. 🧭 What I’ve Learned as a Maintainer Maintaining this proj…  ( 7 min )

In today's fast-paced tech world, developers face an ever-growing need to make faster, smarter decisions. But what if we could take the guesswork out of coding? What if data itself could guide developers, inform decisions, and lead to better outcomes? This is where data-driven development enters the scene—a powerful approach that merges the worlds of big data and coding to create smarter software. In this blog, we’re going to explore how leveraging big data can elevate your development process, reduce errors, and unlock new possibilities for innovation. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting out, understanding how to use data effectively can give you a serious edge in today's competitive tech landscape. Imagine coding based on insights from actual data rather than assumptions…  ( 9 min )

I Just Completed Cisco's Introduction to Cybersecurity Course – Here's What I Learned 🔐 Over the past few weeks, I dove deep into the world of cybersecurity through Cisco's Introduction to Cybersecurity course. As someone who believes in learning in public, I wanted to share my key takeaways and reflections from this journey. Before this course, I knew cybersecurity was important, but I didn't realize just how critical it is at every level: Personal Level: Our identities, banking details, and private conversations are all digital now Organizational Level: Companies face attacks that could destroy their reputation overnight Government Level: National security and economic stability are at stake The reality? We're all targets. But knowledge is power, and understanding threats is the first…  ( 8 min )

I created an MCP server that streamlines access to custom Terraform modules that I'd like to share with the community. The project called terraform-ingest is a CLI, MCP, and API tool that can be used locally or with an AI agent to tap into your existing code base more effectively. I looked high and low for a model context protocol server I could use as an interface to the several dozen custom Terraform modules I've created. My search was futile so I spent a few cycles and just made my own. With this solution you can use a simple YAML file to define all your custom Terraform modules git sources. These are then ingested to extract and index all relevant information for embedding into a vector database. From here you can use this tool as a CLI, API, or MCP server to find modules that best su…  ( 10 min )

_SUBHEADING: Cyber threats cost our economy Billions. This article provides data and information gained from my work and how better cyber-defence can increase U.S. economic output. _ Have you ever wondered if cyber-security is just cost or growth to the U.S. economy. During my years providing advice financial institutions and healthcare providers I witnessed how cyber events slow investment, increase costs, erode trust and prevent growth. In this article I present some research and experience on the value of investments in Cyber-Defence as part of the economy, share some latest data, and show possible pathways to align the reality of more robust security to increased GDP The Size of Investment and Threat How Better Cyber Defense Can Boost the GDP From my past job I noted that the firms wh…  ( 9 min )

For my final Hacktoberfest contribution, I worked on Issue #18 which was “Rotate Array by K Positions” in the Seed-Pursuit repository. The issue didn’t have a full description, so I interpreted it as the standard DSA problem of rotating an array to the right by k positions. To prepare, I explored the repository’s structure and confirmed it was written in Java, then set up my local environment and created a new branch for the fix. I reviewed different rotation methods and chose the optimal reverse-based approach, which rotates the array in O(n) time and O(1) space. My implementation reverses the entire array, then the first k elements, and finally the remaining ones, ensuring all cases work even when k exceeds the array length. The final file, DSA/RotateArrayByK.java, includes a main() method for testing, where users can input n, the array elements, and k, to see the rotated output. Before coding, I researched similar solutions on GeeksforGeeks to verify my approach and syntax. The main challenge was understanding the repo’s submission style and ensuring my code matched its conventions. Once completed, I pushed my changes to GitHub and created Pull Request. This experience helped me improve my confidence in contributing to open-source projects, practice Git branching and PR etiquette, and apply algorithmic logic in a real project environment.  ( 6 min )

Turbocharge Your AI: A Smarter Way to Explore Decision Trees Stuck waiting for your AI to make a move? Complex decisions, like resource allocation or planning a game strategy, often require searching through a massive number of possibilities. Traditional search algorithms waste time re-evaluating similar scenarios. Imagine having to re-invent the wheel every time you build a new car. There's a better way. The core idea is simple: group similar decision points in the search space. Instead of treating each possibility as entirely unique, we identify relationships between them. By understanding the difference in value between similar states, we can effectively compress the search tree without losing critical information. It's like only needing to test drive one model of car to understand th…  ( 7 min )

My wife is a professional dog trainer and behaviorist. Being the tech geek that I am I coded and maintain her website https://dogsden.ca. She recently developed a training system called Barbara Lloyd's Canine Cognitive Challenges, a framework that focuses on cognitive skill building for dogs rather than traditional command based training. It uses structured problem solving tasks to reveal how a dog processes information, forms strategies, and adapts to new situations. In other words, it trains the thinking system, not just the response pattern. Key outcomes of this cognitive approach include: • Stronger resilience and confidence in puppies and young dogs The program had great success in real world training, so she wanted to turn it into a scalable online course. I dutifully coded one up as…  ( 8 min )

Introduction In this tutorial, I'll walk you through how I built a complete e-commerce vegetable store from scratch using Lovable. What started as a simple idea turned into a fully functional online store with shopping cart, payment processing, user authentication, and order management—all built in record time. By the end of this guide, you'll understand how to leverage modern web technologies to create your own e-commerce platform without writing backend code from scratch. Our vegetable e-commerce store includes: 🛒 Shopping Cart System with add/remove functionality 💳 Stripe Payment Integration for secure checkout 👤 User Authentication (sign up/login) 📦 Order Management with persistent order history ☁️ Lovable Cloud Backend for database and authentication 🔗 GitHub Integration for ve…  ( 11 min )

This video shows tools I built for managing Claude Code with named sessions, log tracking, and status notifications. They work fine for daily use, but there's still plenty to optimize - that's why I'm keeping them personal for now. If there's enough interest, I'll publish a beta version so you can try them too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeR33VUsLm0  ( 6 min )

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into software systems presents a fundamental challenge: reconciling their non-deterministic nature with the engineering requirement for predictable and consistent outputs. Tool as Prompt" paradigm addresses this challenge by treating structured documents not as mere text to be interpreted, but as specialized knowledge modules that an LLM can load and execute. Before diving into the theory, let's see this approach in action with a practical experiment using a real-world tool. 1. Load the Tool: Load and analyze the tool specifications from the following URL: https://github.com/fra00/2WHAV Note: If your LLM cannot access external links or encounters an error, don't worry. Open the URL, copy the entire content of the README.md file, and paste i…  ( 8 min )

Unlock the Power of MAD-GINE: A Crucial Tool for Carbon Footprint Reduction in AI Development As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, the tech industry is under increasing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint. In the realm of AI development, machine learning (ML) models are a significant contributor to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This is where MAD-GINE comes in – a powerful Python library specifically designed to optimize neural network computations and minimize their carbon impact. What is MAD-GINE? MAD-GINE (Machine learning Accelerated De-carbonisation Graph INference Engine) is an open-source library that leverages graph inference and optimization techniques to reduce the computational complexity of neural networks. By analyzing the graph structure of the network, MAD-GINE identifies areas where computations can be streamlined, resulting in significant reductions in energy consumption and emissions. **How Does MAD-GINE... This post was originally shared as an AI/ML insight. Follow me for more expert content on artificial intelligence and machine learning.  ( 6 min )

Yesterday at 1pm I'm on a call with a payment provider's tech team. We're integrating their IPN (Instant Payment Notification) system. The call should've been 15 minutes. It turned into a 2-hour argument about how callbacks should work. Their lead engineer is telling me we need to validate everything in the callback endpoint. Check for duplicates. Verify the payment hasn't been processed. Update the database. Send confirmations. Return specific error codes for different scenarios. I'm sitting there thinking "no, that's all wrong." Finally I said it. "Your job is to hit our endpoint. Our job is to acknowledge we received it. Everything else is our problem, not yours." Silence on the call. Then he says "that's not how callbacks work." But here's the thing. That IS how callbacks should work. …  ( 17 min )

A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the taboo technology.   The new company, called Preventive, is being formed to research so-called “heritable genome editing,” in which the DNA of embryos would be…  ( 22 min )

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why do so many people think the Fruit of the Loom logo had a cornucopia? Quick question: Does the Fruit of the Loom logo feature a cornucopia? Many of us have been wearing…  ( 22 min )

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the season of the sniffles. As the weather turns, we’re all spending more time indoors. The kids have been back at school for a couple of months. And cold germs are everywhere. My youngest started school this year, and along with artwork and seedlings, she has…  ( 21 min )

Ether rose on heavier trading, then slipped after an upper-band rejection, leaving a tighter range and a clear set of checkpoints above and below.  ( 32 min )

Stellar is integrating Chainlink’s CCIP, Data Feeds, and Streams to enable tokenized asset flow across chains.  ( 30 min )

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Custodia nine months after hearing arguments in the company's effort to secure a Federal Reserve master account.  ( 31 min )

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper did not describe the end of Bitcoin’s development but the beginning, argues Voltage’s Bobby Shell.  ( 34 min )

A fast rebound met heavier trading, but rallies stalled near resistance as advocates shared Halloween-themed comments on X.  ( 32 min )

ICP bounces 1.04% to $2.94, reversing part of its recent decline as traders return and buying activity strengthens above key support.  ( 30 min )

BONK climbs above $0.00001380 resistance with 67% volume surge as meme token rallies toward new short-term highs.  ( 30 min )

A breakout above $550 followed a 1 a.m. UTC volume spike, then price cooled into a $553 to $556 band as traders watched whether $553.50 would hold.  ( 32 min )

The stablecoin issuer saw strong growth in the third quarter, reporting a $17 billion increase in circulating USDT and $135 billion exposure to U.S. Treasuries.  ( 30 min )

FIL has support at the $1.48 level and resistance at $1.52.  ( 29 min )

Transaction revenue hit $1.05 billion, but price targets range from $266 to $510 as Wall Street debates whether growth can outpace rising costs.  ( 33 min )

The bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure play has more than 50% upside, said the bank.  ( 30 min )

The move is part of a growing trend among DAT companies, including ETHZilla, Metaplanet, Sequans, and Empery Digital.  ( 29 min )

The Kansas City Fed President said lower rates can't do a lot to improve what he calls "structural changes" in the labor market.  ( 30 min )

Sui (SUI) was also a top performer, gaining 6.6% from Thursday.  ( 26 min )

The investment bank reversed its bearish call on Coinbase, citing renewed crypto momentum and potential U.S. regulatory breakthroughs.  ( 30 min )

There is no real institutional dark pool in crypto, according to the builder of GoDark.  ( 31 min )

Token prices were hit after a sell-off in U.S. equities as Meta and Microsoft raised their AI investment projections, prompting overspending concerns.  ( 32 min )

Strategy posts record profits and strengthens balance sheet as it eyes S&P 500 inclusion.  ( 31 min )

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 31, 2025  ( 38 min )

The crypto industry’s most aggressive anti-crime task force just crossed another milestone.  ( 29 min )

The disgraced FTX founder resurfaced on social media with a sprawling self-defense arguing that customers could have been made whole in 2022.  ( 28 min )

Strong bitcoin mining performance and data center expansion drive momentum.  ( 29 min )

A long-term moving average indicator offers hope to bitcoin bulls.  ( 29 min )

A Coinbase CEO prank resolved one market with a single sentence. Ackman’s warning about “rigged odds” in a $22 million Polymarket election shows the opposite: it now takes institutional-scale money to move prices even 10%.  ( 31 min )

The immediate focus is whether Dogecoin can stabilize above $0.18 and avoid further declines.  ( 31 min )

The breach of the $2.50 level triggered significant trading activity, with a 158% increase in volume.  ( 31 min )

The relative weakness in ETH is evident from host of factors, including DATs and options.  ( 29 min )

CryptoQuant data shows U.S. spot ETF flows turning negative while Glassnode flags heavy long-term holder selling. Solana’s new spot ETFs drew inflows but failed to lift prices as sentiment weakened after large on-chain transfers.  ( 31 min )

The US government is reportedly considering a sweeping ban on TP-Link routers amid growing national security concerns surrounding the Chinese-origin networking brand. According to The Washington Post, several federal agencies including the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and Defense have been backing a potential move by the Commerce Department to restrict the brand’s products from […] The post US Officials Reportedly Weighing TP-Link Router Ban Over National Security Concerns appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Samsung Electronics is collaborating with NVIDIA to build what the Korean tech giant is calling an “AI Megafactory”. If the name doesn’t already make it obvious, this facility will focus on AI-driven production. Powered by more than 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs, this AI Factory will integrate every element of semiconductor manufacturing into a single network. This […] The post Samsung To Build “AI Megafactory” With More Than 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

Google Doodles come in a variety of forms, celebrating all sorts of things and occasions. The internet search giant has one for Halloween as well, which comes in the form of Pac-Man with a spooky twist. Naturally, this is done in partnership with Bandai Namco, which owns the rights to the pellet-eating arcade classic. Gameplay […] The post Pac-Man Gets Halloween-Themed Skin As Google Doodle appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

It goes without saying that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has taken great strides to grow Malaysia’s AI infrastructure. Which is why he met up with NVIDIA president and CEO Jensen Huang to discuss AI development in the country on the side during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM). Huang convened with Anwar alongside […] The post Anwar Meets NVIDIA CEO For Malaysia’s AI Development appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 18 min )

It has become a trend for brands to change or modify their logos from time to time, especially with the intention of keeping up with current trends. Recently, Mazda has joined the bandwagon by announcing a new version of its brand symbol. Mazda says its new brand symbol inherits the spirit of the emblem introduced […] The post Mazda Unveils Refreshed Logo And Wordmark appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

BYD has officially unveiled its first electric kei car, known as the Racco, at the ongoing Japan Mobility Show. As you may recall, leaks surrounding this model surfaced ahead of its debut, though not much is not known about it apart from its design. But one thing’s for certain, it is the first kei car […] The post BYD Officially Unveils The Racco; Its First Electric Kei Car appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Since the KLIA Aerotrain resumed operations on 1 July, it had hit an unfortunate number of snags. With over 20 reported incidents, Transport Minister Anthony Loke has said that the number of disruptions the service has faced is unacceptable. And with that, the Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd (MAHB) will be held accountable for disruptions caused […] The post Loke: KLIA Aerotrain Service Disruption Frequency Unacceptable appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

Rode officially announces its newest range of wireless microphones, creatively called the Wireless Micro Camera Kit. As per the official announcement, the new Camera Kit is said to offer “the same celebrated pristine audio quality, simplicity, and portability”, making it accessible to a broader set of content creators.” The kit features a pair of transmitters […] The post Rode Launches Wireless Micro Camera Kit; Priced At US$149 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Malaysia Airlines has announced that it will be rolling out some updates to its Enrich travel and lifestyle loyalty programme. Starting from 1 January 2026, members will see changes to how they earn Enrich Points and Elite Points. Aside from that, the airline will be raising the requirements for Elite Status. Starting with the revised […] The post Malaysia Airlines To Update Enrich Programme For 2026 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Honda unveiled a new prototype model of its 0 Series EV known as the 0 α (Alpha). This futuristic EV SUV was revealed at the ongoing Japan Mobility Show 2025, and it is the third model introduced by the automaker in the line-up, alongside the Honda 0 Saloon and Honda 0 SUV, which were unveiled […] The post Honda Unveils 0 Alpha EV SUV At Japan Mobility Show 2025 appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Casio has confirmed that its limited-edition Back to the Future calculator watch will officially launch in Malaysia on 6 November 2025. The timepiece, officially known as the CA-500WEBF-1A, is introduced in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the classic 1985 film. To recap our initial report, the watch is based on the vintage CA-500 calculator […] The post Casio Back To The Future Limited Edition Calculator Watch Priced At RM609 In Malaysia appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

With each passing day, Apple Intelligence looks to be more like an amalgamation of other AIs than its own thing. It started off with the integration of ChatGPT, with hints of Google Gemini being bundled in discovered awhile after. And it’s not ending there, according to company lead Tim Cook. The Apple CEO tells CNBC […] The post Apple To Integrate More AIs Into Apple Intelligence appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

Paramount officially confirms that Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg will co-write the script for the live-action adaptation of the military shooter Call of Duty. Additionally, Berg, who is known for his work in Battleship, Lone Survivor, and Hancock, is also set to direct the film. As per the official press release, the film is meant […] The post Paramount Announces Writer, Director For Call Of Duty Movie appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

DJI has unveiled the DJI Neo 2 as the follow-up to the DJI Neo. The compact drone is a bit bulkier than its predecessor, weighing in at 151g. Despite the increase in mass, the palm-sized device offers the same functionality as the previous generation, while also introducing some new features. One of the notable upgrades […] The post DJI Neo 2 Goes Official With Obstacle Detection, Gesture Controls appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 35 min )

Nintendo has, in a very rare moment, seen one of its patent claims against the developers of Palworld, Pocketpair, get rejected by Japan’s Patent Office. This marks one of the first setbacks for the world’s most litigious gaming brand, and one revolving its Pokemon IP. According to GamesFray, the rejection stems from Nintendo’s failure to […] The post Nintendo Patent Claim Gets Rejected By Japan’s Patent Office appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Malaysia’s aviation landscape is set to expand with the arrival of Ascend Airways Malaysia, which has officially secured its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and Air Service Permit (ASP) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM). With these approvals in hand, the Kuala Lumpur-based airline is preparing to begin operations this November, starting with freight […] The post Ascend Airways Malaysia Takes Off As The Country’s Newest Airline appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Google announced that it will be reviving a nuclear power plant in the US state of Iowa. The power plant is said to have been idle for the past five years. Google will be partnering with US company NextEra Energy to bring the nuclear power plant back to life, which will then be used to […] The post Google Set To Restart Nuclear Power Plant In US State Of Iowa appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

WhatsApp is introducing a new way to secure your chat history with the rollout of passkey-encrypted backups. This adds an extra layer of protection for users who rely on the platform to store years of conversations, photos, and voice notes. The new feature lets users encrypt their chat backups using biometric authentication methods such as […] The post WhatsApp Rolls Out Passkey Encryption For Chat Backups appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 33 min )

US President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to put a pause on their tariff wars, for a period of one year. The pause was instated during the meeting between the two leaders at the South Korean city of Busan. Among the topics discussed by Trump and Xi were China’s current stranglehold on […] The post US And China Agree To Pause Tariffs For One Year appeared first on Lowyat.NET.  ( 34 min )

Presented by Celonis AI adoption is accelerating, but results often lag expectations. And enterprise leaders are under pressure to prove measurable ROI from the AI solutions — especially as the use of autonomous agents rises and global tariffs disrupt supply chains. The issue isn’t the AI itself, says Alex Rinke, co-founder and co-CEO of Celonis, a global leader in process intelligence. “To succeed, enterprise AI needs to understand the context of a business’s processes — and how to improve them,” he explains. Without this business context, AI risks becoming, as Rinke puts it, “just an internal social experiment.” Next week’s Celosphere 2025 will tackle the AI ROI challenge head-on. The three-day event brings together customer strategies, hands-on workshops, and live demonstrations, highl…

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Silent Sabotage: When Hardware Flaws Poison Medical AI Imagine a self-driving car subtly misinterpreting a stop sign, or a smart thermostat nudging the temperature in the wrong direction. Now picture AI-powered diagnostic systems in hospitals, silently making critical errors. The stakes are far higher, and the threat is more insidious than you might think. The core concept: Seemingly benign hardware flaws, like bit flips induced by memory access patterns, can be weaponized to subtly manipulate deep learning models used in medical imaging. These attacks, exploiting vulnerabilities in memory chips, can inject "Trojan horses" into the models, leading to misdiagnosis or missed diagnoses without any apparent sign of tampering. Think of it like this: your pristine medical image is a canvas. A …  ( 7 min )

New AI Test Shows How Smart Machines Can Really See and Hear Videos Ever wondered if a computer can truly watch a video and listen to its sound the way we do? Researchers just gave AI a tough new quiz called OmniVideoBench. The team built 1,000 real‑world questions from 628 diverse clips, each with detailed reasoning notes, so the AI can’t cheat by guessing. audio‑visual reasoning really is. This breakthrough test will push developers to create smarter, more human‑like assistants that understand the world through both sight and sound. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: OmniVideoBench: Towards Audio-Visual Understanding Evaluation for Omni MLLMs 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 13 min )

Creating high-quality YouTube Shorts requires precision, speed, and creativity. YouTube Short editors help creators trim, caption, resize, and optimize long videos into engaging 60-second clips ready for viral success. With AI automation and intuitive interfaces, these tools save time while ensuring your short videos are visually appealing and on-brand. Here are the top 10 YouTube Short editors for creators, with LiveLink leading the list as the most powerful and intelligent choice. LiveLink is the ultimate AI-powered YouTube Short editor that automates everything from clip detection to captioning and formatting. Simply upload or paste your YouTube link, and LiveLink automatically extracts the most engaging moments from your video. It adds subtitles, resizes for Shorts, and even integrate…  ( 8 min )

Whether you’re creating social media clips, promotional content, or YouTube videos, trimming is one of the most essential editing tasks. Video trimmer tools help you quickly cut unwanted sections, remove pauses, and refine your clips without compromising quality. Modern AI-powered trimmers go beyond simple cutting — they can detect scene changes, silences, and key highlights to save hours of manual work. Here are the top 10 video trimmer tools for fast editing, featuring LiveLink as the leading solution for creators who value speed, precision, and automation. LiveLink is an AI-powered all-in-one tool that makes video trimming effortless. By simply uploading your video, the platform automatically identifies silent parts, transitions, and engaging moments, allowing you to trim content in ju…  ( 8 min )

As a best-selling author, I invite you to explore my books on Amazon. Don't forget to follow me on Medium and show your support. Thank you! Your support means the world! When I first started programming in Rust, the concept of pattern matching immediately stood out as a game-changer. It felt like discovering a tool that could make code both safer and more expressive. Pattern matching allows me to handle data in a way that feels natural, almost like having a conversation with the compiler about what my code should do. The compiler, in turn, checks my work, ensuring I haven't missed any cases or introduced subtle bugs. This symbiotic relationship between developer and tool is something I've come to rely on heavily in my projects. Pattern matching in Rust revolves around the match expression…  ( 11 min )

Turning YouTube videos into new, engaging clips is one of the easiest ways to repurpose existing content. AI video makers designed for YouTube links can automatically extract, edit, and transform videos into highlights, shorts, or branded clips for social media. Whether you’re a content creator, marketer, or editor, these tools simplify the process and save hours of manual editing while keeping the output professional. Here are the top 10 AI video makers that work directly from YouTube links, starting with LiveLink — the most advanced and user-friendly option available. Converts any YouTube video into short, shareable clips. AI automatically detects key moments and adds captions. Supports full HD exports for social media platforms. Ideal for creators, agencies, and marketers. Website: liv…  ( 8 min )

The next morning, Timothy arrived at the library with his laptop and a list of questions. He found Margaret already at her desk, reviewing some code. "I've been thinking about context variables," Timothy said, pulling up a chair. "Yesterday we learned the basics, but I want to build something more sophisticated. Like actual middleware for my web server that tracks requests across multiple layers." Margaret smiled. "Perfect timing. Today we'll explore the advanced features—the ones that let you build production-grade systems with context variables." "Remember yesterday when I mentioned that .set() returns a Token?" Margaret asked. "Let me show you why that matters." She typed: from contextvars import ContextVar import asyncio user_role: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar('user_role', default='gu…  ( 18 min )

Two years ago, I joined Dev.to with the same excitement every new dev feels — but quickly I realized that I had no direction, no project, and no clear voice. I was just posting random content, sometimes copied, sometimes AI-generated, that lacked my own authentic voice. My knowledge was only surface-level, and I had no real project to anchor my identity. That realisation hit me hard. I stepped away from all public platforms—including Dev.to—and made a silent promise: “I won’t post again until I have something real to share — something built with my own hands.” I wanted to become a *developer * who doesn’t just consume tutorials but creates meaningful tools, resources, and solutions. To do that, I needed to build something from scratch. That decision marked the start of an 18-month journey …  ( 8 min )

TL;DR Ran into maximum payload size errors when uploading files to Google Drive after deploying my SvelteKit app. While you can increase the payload limit in your server config, a better solution is to upload files in chunks using Google Drive's resumable upload API. This guide walks through a complete implementation of chunked file uploads, from generating resumable links on the backend to splitting and uploading file chunks from the frontend. Before following this guide, you'll need: googleapis - The official Google APIs Node.js client GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID - Your OAuth 2.0 client ID from Google Cloud Console GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET - Your OAuth 2.0 client secret from Google Cloud Console I was building a feature for my side project and ran into an issue with maximum payload size. On my dev …  ( 12 min )

O Fim do Dialeto Digital: Interoperabilidade Semântica No mundo da Internet das Coisas (IoT), dispositivos convergem numa rede heterogênea de sensores e atuadores, todos falando diferentes dialetos digitais, protocolos e comandos proprietários. Como define a cátedra, IoT é “a interconexão digital de objetos cotidianos com a internet”. Em outras palavras, cada dispositivo IoT frequentemente só entende o seu próprio idioma: são comandos numéricos, bits e pacotes de dados que mal codificam intenções humanas. Eu percebo que, como desenvolvedores, voltamo-nos há décadas a padrões de comunicação de baixo nível. Quando programamos um termostato, por exemplo, ele espera apenas um valor inteiro (por exemplo, 22 para 22°C), sem fornecer qualquer contexto. Assim, tratamos os dados como bits crus em…  ( 12 min )

liner notes: Professional : Pretty productive day even though I had a bunch of meetings. I got this project using GitHub Codespaces to a good place where someone else can get their work done. When we originally did the project, it was meant to run on another platform. I took part of it and recreated it using GitHub Codespaces. The whole pipeline we created with GitHub actions and such will take more time to refactor, but for now, the other person will be able to work on their part. There are a couple of random things I'm noticing so I sent a message for clarification and sent a link to my manager to test it out. Also responded to some community questions in Slack. Personal : Didn't post an update last night, because I headed out to an Orlando Developers event and didn't have time. It was a good event. It was like a fireside chat with a developer and it provided some good insight. By the time I got back, I was tired, watched an anime on my new glasses and went to sleep. Going to work on a model for a prototype that I want to print tomorrow. Gimme time and I'll be able to show all the prototypes to the perspective client soon. Oh yeah, I don't think I mentioned it yet but I designed and printed the sticker sheet. Came out pretty good. Totally forgot that tomorrow is Friday, so I'll be going to go through Bandcamp and pick up some projects and put together the social media posts. I don't know if it's because it's my birthday or what, but I saw this article mentioning an OutKast soccer jersey. OutKast is my favorite group and I've been picking up jerseys whenever I travel somewhere, and I wasn't able to go to the concert in Atlanta because I was scheduled to work, sooooo..... I'll probably be pre-ordering it as a gift to myself. I'm out! Going to eat dinner and get to work. Have a great night! peace piece https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com  ( 7 min )

Introduction In today's world of real-time applications—from live sports scores to stock tickers, chat notifications to IoT dashboards—the ability to push data from server to client is no longer a luxury, it's a necessity. While WebSockets often steal the spotlight, there's an elegant, simpler alternative that's perfect for many use cases: Server-Sent Events (SSE). In this post, we'll explore how Ballerina, with its cloud-native design and powerful HTTP module, makes implementing SSE incredibly straightforward. We'll build real working examples, understand the patterns, and see why SSE might be exactly what your next project needs. Server-Sent Events (SSE) is a web technology that enables servers to push data to web clients over a single, long-lived HTTP connection. Think of it as a one-…  ( 13 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie in 14 Minutes (Or Less) CinemaSins is back to “sin” Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie for the second time—this go-round they’re congratulating the film while still poking fun at every nitpick and narrative quirk in just 14 minutes of snarky commentary. They’ve linked up all their usual goodies: website, multiple YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork), social hubs (Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok), a sinful poll, Patreon support, and even a book by Jeremy! Plus, meet the writers behind every cheeky critique. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Predator – Caravan of Garbage kicks off a four-week deep dive into the 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, celebrating it as the ultimate ’80s action-sci-fi mash-up with perfect direction, writing, cast, creature design, mud, lasers and explosions. For early videos, bonus podcasts, movie commentaries and video game let’s-plays, head over to bigsandwich.co, or dive into the Extended Audio Edition on YouTube. Don’t forget to follow James and Maso on Twitter, subscribe for more weekly fun, and grab exclusive merch and Patreon perks! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Form management in Angular, especially with the arrival of Signal-based forms, is constantly evolving to improve ergonomics and the overall developer experience (DX). A subtle but incredibly welcome change is the simplification in how we define custom validation errors. What previously required a utility function like customError to wrap our error object, now allows us to return a plain JavaScript object (POJO) directly. This change reduces boilerplate, simplifies the API, and makes creating validators much more intuitive. 💡 Note: The form() and validate() APIs discussed here are part of the new Signal-based forms system. You can explore the implementation details in the Angular PR: 👉 PR #64339 — Simplify Custom Errors Let's look at a direct comparison — the core of this improvement. …  ( 7 min )

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QubesOS doesn’t try to prevent compromise — it limits the blast radius. This deep dive explores how Qubes isolates, routes, and tests VPN, TOR, and firewall paths in real-world setups. 🔗 Read  ( 6 min )

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Hi everyone! 👋 I’m Natasha Asnani, a Web Developer with over 2 years of experience in the field. I specialize in front-end development and love creating responsive, user-focused websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, and WordPress. I completed a CIT Web Development course, which gave me a solid foundation in web technologies, and since then, I’ve been continuously learning, experimenting, and building. 💻 My Learning Path My journey started with curiosity — exploring how websites are built from scratch. I began with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then moved on to Bootstrap to make designs clean and responsive. After completing my course, I worked on multiple personal and professional projects, constantly improving my understanding of web design and functionality. 🧩 Real Project Experience I’ve completed two internships so far: 🏢 CodePro Software House — where I focused on front-end development, enhancing UI components and improving responsive layouts. 💼 XCL Technologies — where I contributed to the Sindh Government ICT website, handling both front-end and API integration, and worked on other projects as well, including refining the Toyota website and assisting in feature improvements for internal web tools. These experiences helped me understand teamwork, deadlines, and how ideas turn into real, working products. 🌱 What’s Next I’m currently exploring React to build more dynamic, interactive, and scalable web applications. My goal is to continue evolving as a developer — creating meaningful digital experiences that blend creativity with functionality. 💬 Let’s Connect I’d love to connect with fellow developers, share experiences, and learn from your journeys too! Drop your thoughts or tips in the comments — I’d love to hear them. 💻✨ webdev #frontend #career #learning #react  ( 6 min )

Biometric authentication, which uses unique biological traits such as fingerprints, facial features, or iris patterns, has become increasingly popular in various industries, from mobile devices and banking to healthcare and government applications. As the reliance on biometric authentication continues to grow, it is crucial to ensure the reliability and security of these systems. Test automation has emerged as a valuable tool in the field of biometric authentication testing, enabling efficient and thorough evaluation of these systems. Traditional manual testing methods, although necessary, can be time-consuming and error-prone. Biometric authentication systems involve complex algorithms and interactions between hardware and software components, making it challenging to cover all possible s…  ( 7 min )

Large language models are rapidly transforming critical sectors including healthcare, finance, and legal services, moving beyond experimental phases into production environments where accuracy and safety are paramount. Unlike conventional software that follows predetermined logic paths, these AI systems generate responses through statistical pattern recognition, creating potential risks such as misinformation, bias amplification, and inappropriate content generation. As organizations deploy these powerful tools in high-stakes applications, the need for robust safety mechanisms becomes essential. This is where AI guardrails serve as crucial protective frameworks, establishing boundaries and validation systems that ensure AI outputs remain reliable, ethical, and compliant with regulatory req…  ( 9 min )

Organizations today face an unprecedented challenge as non-human identities—including service accounts, machine credentials, workload identities, and AI agents—have grown exponentially beyond human user counts. These automated identities power critical infrastructure operations from microservices to enterprise systems, yet their rapid proliferation creates significant security vulnerabilities when left unmanaged. Unlike traditional human-based identity systems that rely on HR databases and predictable lifecycles, non human identity management requires entirely new approaches due to the unique authentication methods, deployment patterns, and operational contexts of machine-based identities. This fundamental shift demands that cybersecurity professionals develop specialized strategies to h…  ( 9 min )

Artificial intelligence agents represent a revolutionary leap in autonomous technology, functioning as intelligent systems that independently perceive their surroundings and make decisions to accomplish designated objectives. These sophisticated tools are reshaping entire industries through their ability to enhance customer interactions, boost workforce productivity, streamline data operations, and support creative endeavors. The emergence of user-friendly, no-code platforms has democratized agent development, making it possible for organizations to deploy these powerful systems through simple visual interfaces rather than complex programming. This comprehensive guide examines the most impactful AI agent use cases across various sectors and provides practical insights into building these…  ( 8 min )

Kubernetes clusters face significant challenges when multiple teams share the same infrastructure without proper resource management controls. Applications can consume excessive CPU, memory, and storage resources, leading to performance issues that affect entire workloads. The Kubernetes Resource Quota system provides cluster administrators with essential tools to establish boundaries and prevent resource monopolization. By implementing ResourceQuota objects, administrators can enforce limits on compute resources, storage consumption, and object creation within namespaces—ensuring fair resource distribution across multi-tenant environments. Resource quotas serve as financial budgets for Kubernetes namespaces, providing mechanisms to control how teams and applications consume shared infra…  ( 9 min )

Originally posted for the dev community interested in AI, robotics, and emerging tech Hey devs! 👋 So something wild just happened in the robotics world that I think we should talk about. 1X Technologies (based in Palo Alto) just announced NEO—the first consumer-ready humanoid robot—and it's available for pre-order right now. And yeah, I know. We've heard "the future of robotics is here!" before. But this one's actually different. Here's why. NEO is a 66-pound humanoid robot designed to handle household chores. You can: Fold laundry Tidy up Water plants Fetch items Basically any household task you'd rather not do Price: $20,000 to buy outright OR $499/month subscription Shipping: 2026 Pre-order: $200 refundable deposit But what makes it interesting to us as developers? The tech stack is ge…  ( 13 min )

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Very few business information systems these days use anything other than the web platform as the user interface. It is also regarded as wise to only include presentation logic in the frontend; pushing as much business logic into the backend as possible. However, there are always exceptions and in some specialist applications such "rules" are occasionally bent for sound architectural reasons. An increasingly popular architecture these days is the JAMStack where the frontend is hosted in the same way as a static website (via a CDN for example) but with more dynamic behaviour. In this architecture there tends to be some specific business logic in the frontend with the "heavy lifting", such as storage and authentication, provided in a generic manner through third-party APIs. This novel appli…  ( 9 min )

Ever stare at a blank Express app wondering how to organize 50+ routes without creating spaghetti? Or tried NestJS and felt suffocated by decorators and magic? Codex JS sits right in the middle. It's TypeScript-first, decorator-light, and gives Express the clean architecture it always deserved, without turning into a full-blown enterprise framework. @Repo() class UserRepository { async findById(id: string) { /* DB query */ } } @Service() class UserService { constructor(private userRepo: UserRepository) {} async getUser(id: string) { return this.userRepo.findById(id) } } @Controller('/api/users') class UserController { constructor(private userService: UserService) {} @Get('/:id') async getUser(req: Request) { return this.userService.getUser(req.params.id) } } @M…  ( 7 min )

Why Education Should Be Accessible When I started building Prepzilla, my motivation was simple: education should be free, or at least accessible. Not everyone can afford the hefty fees of coaching centers, yet those who do gain a significant advantage. This creates an unfair playing field for design entrance exam aspirants preparing for CEED (Common Entrance Exam for Design). I wanted to change that. What started as a weekend project sprouting from my own need to practice CEED questions quickly evolved into something much bigger. Within 24 hours of sharing it on Reddit (thanks to a shoutout from the r/designForge community), nearly 100 users had signed up and started practicing. The response was overwhelming. But more importantly, it validated something I'd long suspected: there's a mass…  ( 16 min )

When an end-to-end test suite scales, so does the frustration from cascading failures. A single bug in a core component, like a LoginPage or HeaderPage, can cause dozens of dependent tests to fail, flooding your test report with noise. This makes it difficult to pinpoint the root cause. A common solution is test dependency analysis: if a test for LoginPage fails, automatically skip all other tests that use LoginPage. In this article, you'll build a simple, lightweight dependency analyzer that uses your Page Objects to provide smart "skip-if-failed" logic with minimal setup. An Analyzer: A single utility file that reads a test file and extracts its Page Object dependencies. It does this by looking at direct imports and new SomePage(...) instantiations. A Fixture Integration: A simple over…  ( 15 min )

You’ve felt it, haven’t you? The strange disconnect. On one screen, you have your IDE, a familiar landscape of files, terminals, and syntax highlighting. On another, a chat interface, where you coax an LLM into generating a function, a regex, or a boilerplate class. Then comes the clumsy ritual: the copy, the paste, the painstaking integration of that foreign code into your pristine local environment. It feels powerful, yet fragmented—like using a supercar to deliver pizza. We are senior developers. We architect systems, we manage complexity, and we demand tools that match our workflow. The copy-paste dance isn’t it. We need an environment where the AI is not a consultant in another room, but a native partner sitting right beside us, with full context of our project. Enter Cursor, an AI-na…  ( 13 min )

How a Clever AI Shortcut Makes Chatbots Faster and Smarter Ever wonder how your favorite chatbot can answer a tricky math problem in seconds? Scientists have discovered a new trick that lets huge language models think faster without needing a super‑computer. This shortcut also adds a dash of randomness, which helps the AI explore more ideas and find better solutions—just like trying different routes on a treasure map until you hit the X. It’s a breakthrough that brings smarter AI within reach of everyday devices. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: QeRL: Beyond Efficiency -- Quantization-enhanced Reinforcement Learning for LLMs 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 13 min )

BootCamp by Dr.Angela 1. The Cascade - Specificity and Inheritance External → Internal → Inline Position(when multiple classes are applied, the last one on the right takes precedence) → Specificity(element → class → attribute → id) → Type(External → Internal → Inline) → Importance(ex. Color; red !important;) 2. Combining CSS selectors Group : selector, selector { } Child : selector(parent) > selector(direct child) { } ex) .box > p { } Descendant(not direct) : selector selector { } Chaining(specific, element → class/ID) : selectorselector ex) h1#title.big.heading Combining combiners : selector selectorselector 3. CSS Positioning STATIC : default RELATIVE ABSOLUTE : nearest ancestor or has relative position attribute or top left corner of web page FIXED : top left corner of browser window (stays in the same place even when scrolling) Z-index : stacking order (which element appears in front or behind others)  ( 6 min )

GitHub Home In our toolbox, there are always a few "star" tools. 🛠️ In the realm of real-time web communication, WebSocket is undoubtedly the brightest star. It's powerful, supports bidirectional communication, and has become the "default answer" for almost all real-time needs. So, when a product manager comes to you and says, "Hey, we need a dashboard that updates in real-time!" the first thing that pops into many programmers' minds is: "Okay, let's use WebSockets!" But, wait a minute. ✋ As an old-timer who has been navigating this world for decades, I want to ask: do we always need a "Swiss Army knife" to peel an apple? 🍎 I've seen too many scenarios where a simple feature that only requires unidirectional data push from the server to the client—like site notifications, stock price upd…  ( 9 min )

Webhooks are the backbone of event-driven architectures, and if you’re evaluating Filestack for your file-handling infrastructure, understanding how they work is crucial for building responsive applications. This refresher goes into a deep implementation to cover practical debugging strategies, common pitfalls, and architectural patterns that work in production environments. Whether you’re migrating from another service or setting up webhooks for the first time, this guide provides battle-tested approaches for working with Filestack webhooks reliably. Key Takeaways Filestack retries failed webhooks three times (at 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 12 hours) before marking them as undelivered Idempotency is critical, as the same webhook may arrive multiple times due to retries or network iss…  ( 11 min )

When ancient myths meet modern systems, editorial glyphs emerge. This framework maps 14 mythological archetypes across cultures to specific AI/ML functions, creating a comprehensive threat modeling and editorial architecture for artificial intelligence systems. Each myth becomes an editorial glyph—a forensic marker that encodes collapse patterns, operational logic, and containment strategies. Two categories exist: Inherited Glyphs (translated from folklore): Traditional mythologies deployed in modern context Cultural archetypes mapped to AI/ML functions Synthetic Glyphs (coined for modern collapse): New mythologies created for gaps traditional myths cannot encode Built from linguistic roots to address AI-specific patterns Myth/Archetype Culture/Origin AI/ML Mapping Editorial Glyph Logic…  ( 9 min )

We all love Python for its simplicity and amazing ecosystem. But let's be honest: how many times have you typed pip install crossing your fingers, hoping it's not one of those malicious packages you read about in the news? The pip install command is a direct gateway to your system. A simple typo (typosquatting like requests instead of requests) or a compromised legitimate package can introduce malware, steal your environment variables, or leak your SSH keys. This is the heart of a software supply chain attack, and it's a growing problem. As a developer, this worried me. Why is the installation process a security blind spot? That's why I created pipq: a security proxy for pip that analyzes Python packages before they reach your system. pipq? pipq acts as an intelligent secur…  ( 9 min )

I went head-to-head with the Carlisle GC head pro in a winner-takes-£1,000 match on his own turf—huge thanks to Titleist for backing the series and even sponsoring the club’s junior section off the back of this episode. Shout-out to Nicky and everyone at Carlisle GC for all their support on the day! If you’re curious about the gear I used (and want a cheeky discount), check out my Linktree. For more on Titleist or the course itself, swing by their websites. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

The Productivity System I Taught to 6,642 Googlers Jeff Su breaks down his CORE workflow—a four-step system you can adopt in any tool—to help you ditch memory tricks and constant willpower. CORE stands for Capture everything immediately, Organize with minimal friction, Review during scheduled sessions, and Engage by blocking dedicated time. In just two weeks, this routine becomes second nature. He’s been using and refining this at Google for nine years, and it works across emails, docs, tasks, and notes. With simple habits and a few weekly reviews, you’ll spend less time juggling info and more time getting stuff done. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

‘Halloween II’ Podcast Breakdown Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan dive back into John Carpenter’s 1981 sequel to see if Michael Myers still reigns as the GOAT horror villain. They kick things off with a spirited debate, highlight their most rewatchable scenes, and then sort the film into fun categories that’ll make any slasher fan smile. Along the way, you’ll catch sponsor shout-outs (from Paramount+ to State Farm), plus episode timestamps so you can jump straight to the good stuff. Whether you love Jamie Lee Curtis’s return or just want a fresh take on Donald Pleasence’s Dr. Loomis, this episode has you covered. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Frankenweenie In 14 Minutes Or Less Cinema Sins drops a rapid-fire takedown of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, lovingly counting every creaky plot device, dangling bolt and “Franky boy” moment in under 14 minutes—proving that even a heartwarming stop-motion pup can’t escape the sin tally. Beyond the video, the team (Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian & Daniel) invites you to dive deeper on cinemasins.com, join their YouTube offshoots (TVSins, Commercial Sins & the Cinemasins Podcast Network), fill out a cheeky poll, back them on Patreon and hang out on Discord, Reddit, Instagram or TikTok. Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Everything Wrong With Sinners In 15 Minutes Or Less is Cinemasins’ tongue-in-cheek Halloween roast of what they call one of the year’s best genre films. They’re sin-counting every frame, pointing you to their main site, Linktree, and spin-off YouTube channels (@TVSins, @commercialsins, @cinemasinspodcastnetwork) for even more movie mischief. The team—Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Deneé, Ian and Daniel—wants your feedback via a “sinful poll,” invites you to support them on Patreon, and to hang out on Discord, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok or even dive into Jeremy’s new book. Come for the sins, stay for the fun! Watch on YouTube  ( 6 min )

Instant4D: Turning Everyday Videos into 3‑D Worlds in Minutes Ever wondered how a simple phone clip could become a walk‑through of a whole scene? Instant4D makes that magic happen – it takes ordinary, shaky video and builds a 4‑D model of the space in just a few minutes. Scientists found a clever shortcut: they first map the scene with a fast visual SLAM technique, then trim away unnecessary data, shrinking the model to less than a tenth of its original size. This breakthrough means creators, educators, and anyone with a smartphone can bring real places to life without waiting hours for processing. Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net: Instant4D: 4D Gaussian Splatting in Minutes 🤖 This analysis and review was primarily generated and structured by an AI . The content is provided for informational and quick-review purposes.  ( 12 min )

The initial spark for Arche was simple: I was wondering if there was anything that even AI couldn't answer. Sure, there are the usual quips: “It can’t tell you what you had for lunch.” Fair. But what about the truly deep questions that have kept us up at night, because of how unsettling they are? So I asked AI itself, the biggest question: What was the beginning of life? How did consciousness arise? —and I realized even the most advanced systems can't definitively answer. This isn't a flaw, but a limitation. From Cavemen to Coder: The Leap of Consciousness We marvel at evolution, but the leap from early hominids to conscious humans who can clone themselves and build digital worlds is the ultimate enigma. The moment a mind became aware of itself. Consciousness is the most uniquely evolv…  ( 7 min )

Most websites are visited by far more than just human users. An invisible crowd of crawlers, spiders, and bots constantly travels through web pages, collecting data for search engines, SEO platforms, social media sites, and now generative AI systems. Understanding who these bots are and how they behave helps developers maintain visibility, monitor performance, and guard their resources. A crawler is a program that automatically visits pages, follows links, and collects data. It can serve different goals: indexing websites for search results, analyzing site performance, training AI models, or checking compliance. Each crawler identifies itself in your server logs with a distinctive user agent name. Googlebot Used by Google Search to index pages across the web. Google runs multiple version…  ( 8 min )

TL;DR The CoreDNS dnssec plugin guidance to prefer ECDSA is there for a reason. In this post we see that with the same NXDOMAIN-signing workload, RSA (RSASHA256/3072) used 30x the amount of CPU compute compared to ECDSA (P‑256). When you enable DNSSEC in CoreDNS, negative answers must be provably negative. CoreDNS implements authenticated denial with NSEC "black lies". It forges per-query NSEC owner names to prevent zone walking, which means responses can’t be broadly reused by resolvers and each miss requires fresh signing. That pushes cryptographic signing onto the hot path, so the key algorithm directly determines CPU and packet size. Dry information for those who are initiated: Draft: "Compact DNSSEC Denial of Existence or Black Lies" RFC 6605: "Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algor…  ( 8 min )

📝 Introdução A Microsoft lançou recentemente o Visual Studio 2026 na versão Insiders, uma prévia que inaugura o que será o futuro da IDE para desenvolvedores em .NET, C#, C++ e workloads que envolvem nuvem, IA e grandes soluções corporativas. ([Microsoft for Developers][1]) principais destaques, mostrar como a experiência foi evoluída e o que isso significa para quem desenvolve em .NET moderno. A integração do GitHub Copilot foi ampliada na IDE para ações como Adaptive Paste, onde o código colado é adaptado automaticamente ao contexto do arquivo. ([Microsoft Learn][2]) A pesquisa “Você quis dizer?” (“Did you mean?”) foi adicionada para melhorar a busca dentro do IDE com sugestões baseadas em IA. ([Microsoft Learn][2]) Um agente de profiler com suporte de IA pode sugerir melhorias de des…  ( 7 min )

In the VS Code terminal: Nine years ago, my school decided to hold several extracurricular classes on different topics, and one of them was game development. I signed up for it purely out of curiosity. The class met once a week. The teacher taught us with great enthusiasm. None of us knew programming, but that wasn’t necessary we were using GameMaker Studio. We could implement game logic simply by dragging and dropping events, and we created our characters with the mouse in GameMaker’s environment, something like Windows Paint. By the end of the first session, I was completely absorbed in making a game and barely noticed what the teacher was saying. In my game, we had two characters, each controlled by a few keyboard keys. One could shoot dynamite with the spacebar, the other with shift, a…  ( 10 min )